Anne E. Kitch

Wednesday in Holy Week Turn you steps toward the endless ruins; the enemy has laid waste everything in your sanctuary. Psalm 74:3 The path also wends its way into the ruins of misplaced hopes and distorted vision and arrogant sinfulness… Continue reading

Tuesday in Holy Week Depart from me, all evildoers, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. Psalm 6:8 even now as the savior’s way wends toward the collapse of all even so, the holy one heeds my… Continue reading

Monday in Holy Week For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm 51:3 once again, I stumble familiar faults, familiar wrongdoings, familiar confessions Predictable, the snares of the enemy Needful, my assent to the work… Continue reading

Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent We are like a puff of wind; our days like a passing shadow. Psalm 144:4 The warmth of the sun pierces through the nippy spring air and I lift me face to its… Continue reading

Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you. Psalm… Continue reading

Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Psalm 142:5 The bright April sun tugs at my heart, calling me… Continue reading

Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes. Psalm 119:145 A voice has been nudging me all morning, and when I finally create the space… Continue reading

Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy. Psalm 126:3 Having picked up what I came for, I head for the store exit. Yet my way is… Continue reading

Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. Psalm 31:24 The invitation comes in the middle of an impossible day, “Do you have time for a… Continue reading

Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent Whoever is wise will ponder these things, and consider well the mercies of the Lord. Psalm 107:43 We sit in companionable silence. The afternoon is spring warm, a soft breeze caries the scent… Continue reading