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  • Sunlit

    Friday of the Second Week of Advent Into your hands I commend my spirit, for you have redeemed me, O God of truth. Psalm 31:5 The winter sunlight not only send swaths of brightness across the room, but warmth as… Continue reading

  • Unfurling

    Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in God, and God will bring it to pass.  Psalm 37:5 The bloom on my houseplant is unexpected. I don’t even know what… Continue reading

  • Arriving

    Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent   For in you, O Lord, have I fixed my hope; you will answer me, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15   As I watch, one electric candle in the window switches off,… Continue reading

  • Sighting

    Monday of the Second Week of Advent Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths. Psalm 25:3 The late afternoon feels like early evening as the days continue to shorten. I stand at my kitchen sink, ready… Continue reading

  • Sustained

    Saturday of the First Week of Advent  I believed, even when I said, “I have been brought very low.” Psalm 116:9 I wake in the middle of the night, realize I am safe in bed, and go back to sleep.… Continue reading

  • Ritual

    Friday of the First Week of Advent My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; indeed, I have a goodly heritage. Psalm 16:6 I wake to the sounds of the house. The hums and clicks as the heat pushes back the morning… Continue reading

  • Strength in hesitancy

    Thursday of the First Week of Advent I love you, O Lord my strength, O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven. Psalm 18:1 For some reason, post office errands flummox me, even though I can walk to my… Continue reading

  • Obstacles

    Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Happy are they whose way is blameless,who walk in the law of the Lord!Psalm 119:1 The automatic “Thank you Jesus” as I discover chocolate in my desk drawer is probably not the best… Continue reading

  • Walking in mercy

    Tuesday of the First Week of Advent As for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you. Psalm 5:7 Yesterday, in the late afternoon,… Continue reading

  • As if

    Monday of the First Week of Advent You, O Lord, are a shield about me; you are my glory, the one who lifts up my head. Psalm 3:3 The cold rain. The email scam. The clutter of essential and insignificant… Continue reading