What Song are you Singing? - 18 January 2026

Dear friends of BCUC,Happy New Year to you all, and welcome to the wonderful blank page of 2026, ready for God’s Holy Spirit to work amongst us.If your life were a musical or a song, what type of song would you be singing?Would it be a sad song, a love song, or a song of triumph and joy?If you could describe the type of song your life sang in 2025, what would it be? Is it possible that the song you sang wasn’t the same as the song others heard?As we begin 2026, I wonder what sort of song you want your life to be singing this year.Mother Teresa of Calcutta is quoted as saying, “Life is a song—sing it.”The book of Psalms contains 150 songs. This Sunday, we will examine Psalm 40, which joyfully exclaims that the Lord has “given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God.”What new song will you sing?We may have songs of lament, praise, hope, despair, love, joy, justice, or cries for sympathy. My hope is that this year, no matter what may happen, people will hear my life sing a song of praise to our God. I’m sure I won’t get it right all the time—my rhythm will be off, and the tune of my life will sometimes clash with a melody of praise. However, by the wonderful grace of God found in the work of Jesus, I pray that the great conductor of the universe will correct me and bring me back in to join the chorus once again.What about you?I look forward to seeing you all soon.Your brother in Christ,