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  • Bereft

    Holy Saturday Will your wonders be known in the dark? or your righteousness in the country where all is forgotten? Psalm 88:13 A morning that does not dawn in grief-laden hearts A day where promised love is bereft of any… Continue reading

  • Pierced

    Good Friday My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? and are so far from my cry and from the words of my distress? Psalm 22:1 Such a small thing a thorn that pierces the fabric of the world… Continue reading

  • The way ahead

    Maundy Thursday When my spirit languishes within me, you know my path; in the way wherein I walk they have hidden a trap for me. Psalm 142:3 This way lies abandonment and loss This way proffers anguish and silence in… Continue reading

  • Enemy territory

    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

  • Protected

    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

  • Snares

    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

  • Passing shadow

    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

  • Seeking a clean sweep

    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

  • Glory

    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

  • Holy heart to heart

    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