Happy New Year. We hope your Christmas celebration was enjoyable.

We enjoyed the holiday, spending five days in Nashville at Bethany’s home. Michael joined us from Wisconsin for most of the time. Bethany enjoys watching cooking shows on TV, and we benefitted as she prepared most of the meals. We played games, did puzzles and watched Christmas movies. It was the first time in more than a year that all four of us spent more than a few hours together.

As we move into 2023, we’re looking forward to continued ministry opportunities. Anne Marie is coaching a writer on our team and is serving as the editor for a story. She’ll take on more writing assignments soon. She also writes devotionals for our church.

I continue to serve as the managing editor for Cru Storylines articles. I help lead weekly editorial meetings, and plan and assign stories to our writers, editors, photographers and illustrators. As a project manager, I also coordinate other communications projects. Our Advent devotional series just ended, and soon we’ll launch our Holy Week series for this year.

We’re grateful for another year to serve God with our skills. Thank you for helping to make that possible through your prayers and generosity.

Please pray for God’s guidance as we take on new projects. There are more opportunities than there is time, and we want to be wise. And please keep praying for Anne Marie’s health. She’s doing well fighting an autoimmune disease, but she’s taking a variety of medications. Pray that she’ll be able to reduce those without pain and with increasing strength. And do let us know how we can pray for you.

Sincerely in Christ, Mark, for the Winz family