2026 - With The Lamp

There are words that arrive as invitations rather than plans.

They do not come with strategies or timelines.

They simply ask to be lived.

As I step into 2026, the word given to me is “lamp”.

Not a spotlight.

Not a flare.

Not a floodlight meant to impress or overwhelm.

A lamp small enough to be tended daily.

It requires attention in trimming, oil, care.

It does not rush the dark away, but it does make the next step visible.

Much of what will be shared here in the coming weeks of this new year has been shaped quietly

in prayer, in slowness, in the gentle discipline of attention.

Not created to meet a market, but to meet a moment.

Not designed to impress, but to serve.

This is the posture I am choosing for Studio Kre’at in the year ahead.

To work from the inside out.

To let emerge from faithfulness rather than urgency.

To trust that light, when it is real, does not need to shout.

A lamp does not ask who is watching.

It simply stays lit for whoever might be passing through the dark.

If you are weary, welcome.

If you are seeking something quieter, linger.

If you are carrying your own small flame, may this place feel like company.

May we walk this year by the light given —

step by step,

hand to wick,

lamp held steady.