UPFRONT December 28, 2009 Issue

'ALL THINGS NEW'

JEFF WARD-BAILEY, STAFF EDITOR

Researchers estimate that between 40 and 50 percent of American adults make a New Year's resolution each year. And while it can often be difficult to sustain these goals, it's clear that such resoultions do help people make positive choices in shaping their lives. In fact, one study showed that nearly half of everyone who made a New Year's resolution had successfully kept it six months later (National Public Radio, "How to Make New Year's Resolutions Stick," December 26, 2008).

The ideal of the New Year as a clean slate can extend to spiritual renewal, as well. This week's Sentinel focuses on how God's promise "I make all things new" (Rev. 21:5) transforms our lives and our experiences.

In this issue, Tony Lobl discusses how newness in all areas—from cutting-edge technology to improved life choices—has its root in new thinking. He writes: "The underlying substance of every new thing is a thought .... The substance of all progress and healing—individually and collectively—is a new sense of God, Spirit, which leads to adjustment and refinement of the human condition for the better." And he goes on to point out that when we "align consciousness with the ever-new Christ," this will "free us to open our hearts to right thinking" (see p. 8).

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