As you face the new year, are you looking at a field of dry bones? Can they possibly be brought back to life? (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

In another holiday tradition, you will have an opportunity to write down and burn up whatever you wish to leave in the old year, then listen in meditation for a word to guide you through 2016.

The Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere is Dec. 22, which will be the longest night of the year, a time for contemplation and reflection.

Advent is the run-up to Christmas, celebrating the divine light that enters our world through each baby born.