January has a way of stirring up fresh resolve—even if “new year, new you” is mostly a trick of the calendar. In this reflective episode of Living in the Meantime, Stephen Bauman revisits a sobering conversation with a woman who felt life was quietly passing her by: relationships left undecided, vocational doors never fully opened, and a spiritual life stalled between belief and doubt.
Drawing on Harry Emerson Fosdick’s striking image of rowing toward Niagara Falls while debating whether to stop at Buffalo, Stephen names a difficult truth: life does not pause for our indecision. The river keeps moving. And over time, our hesitation itself becomes a choice—with real consequences.
This episode is a gentle but clear-eyed invitation to courage in the new year: to move beyond watching life drift by and instead step into it with intention, even when certainty is impossible.
