Paul Keefer

A student walked up to me the other day and said, " I'm gonna be better this quarter. The old me is gone. New year, new me! " I playfully responded by reintroducing myself, saying, " Oh, okay. In that case, my name is Mr. Keefer, " and shook his hand as I was meeting him for the first time. Besides being a funny interaction, it points to something we all feel at some point in our lives: starting fresh. Not everyone enjoys the New Year's Resolution hype or falls for the gym me

Life is so short that sometimes it is difficult to comprehend. Perhaps it is why David, in his wisdom and most humble moments, prayed in the Psalms for God to make it obvious to him how small his world actually was: “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a mere handbreaths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Surely a man goes about as a sha