On the Threshold of a New Year (Part 1)

While I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions, more and more I enjoy using the time before and after New Year’s as a time of reflection.  This year, I’ve been pondering the word “threshold” and the many ways in which a new year is a kind of threshold, not only as the delineation between past and future, but also as a helpful tool in the present—a way of viewing all the daily “passages” that happen in our lives.