I wish you a blessed new year. Christmas is over and the old year is coming to an end. Christmas was the crowning finale of the year - if it weren't for the tradition of the church years. The church years do not begin on the calendar date of 1 January, but four weeks before Christmas. The year begins with anticipation, the arrival of the Saviour of the world. Christmas is God's big yes to us humans. That's why I think it's wonderful that the church year begins with this and doesn't end with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For first comes God's yes to his creation, only then comes the rest. God first shows mercy to us, only then does the busyness follow - yes, admittedly, the Advent and Christmas season behind us is anything but a quiet and contemplative time. But if we return to the heart of the matter, it is about an encounter. Namely the encounter between God and his creation. In him, heaven and earth come together. In and through him, the motto for 2026 is fulfilled: \u00abBehold, I make all things new!\u00bb<\/em> (Revelation 21:5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We want to encounter the God who speaks this in the new calendar year with our new annual theme. The whole year is characterised by the following words: \u00abBe still and recognise that I am God!\u00bb<\/em> (Psalm 46:11). Together we want to experience what it means to encounter God simply, quietly and in the present. Following Jesus begins - like the church year - with an encounter, with God's yes to me! We therefore want to learn anew what it means to live simply - not out of renunciation, but out of longing. We want to create space in our hearts, our everyday lives and also in our church so that we can hear God's voice, feel his love and recognise his guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you long for God? We warmly invite you to join us on this journey. We want to consciously rediscover forms of faith that have been actively practised in church history - not as a ritual, not as a tradition, not as a compulsory exercise, but as important spaces for God to meet your heart and mine. For while our time has become louder and busier, God is still the same God who can be found if we seek him. Not in the noise, not in the hustle and bustle, not in the hectic pace. But in simplicity, in silence and in the moment! Are you with us?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"template":"","seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe":[108],"class_list":["post-11379","seetal_chile_poscht","type-seetal_chile_poscht","status-publish","hentry","seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe-seetal-chile-poscht-01-2026-4a422cd8-cb3c-4945-a986-b5651f534b82"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht\/11379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/seetal_chile_poscht"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht\/11379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11380,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht\/11379\/revisions\/11380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seetal_chile_poscht_ausgabe?post=11379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}