• Holy shout-out

    Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent Sing with joy to God our strength and raise a loud shout to the God of Jacob. Psalm 81:1 The lively conversation punctuated by boisterous laughter reaches across the lawn and up to… Continue reading

  • Sharing stories

    Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent That the generations to come might know, and the children yet unborn; that they in their turn might tell it to their children; So that they might put their trust in God, and… Continue reading

  • Restless soul

    Monday in the Third Week of Lent I think of God, I am restless, I ponder, and my spirit faints. Psalm 77:3 The last vestiges of the recent storm are fading. The spring squall arrived with astonishing fierceness. Rain became… Continue reading

  • This forgiveness stuff

    Saturday in the Second Week of Lent “I will appoint a time,” says God; “I will judge with equity.” Psalm 75:2 “It’s all about forgiveness,” my mentor tells me for not the first (or fortieth) time. In this instance, we… Continue reading

  • Gifts of the journey

    Friday in the Second Week of Lent Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. Psalm 95:2 It has been a week of gift upon gift. Conversations have carried unlooked for… Continue reading

  • Growing up, still

    Thursday in the Second Week of Lent O God, you have taught me since I was young, and to this day I tell of your wonderful works. Psalm 71:17 “I just wanted you to know that someone stole my credit… Continue reading

  • Changeless

    Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent O Lord, your word is everlasting; it stands firm in the heavens. Psalm 119:89 Looking up into the night sky on my way home, I am surprised by the radiance of the moon—I… Continue reading

  • Gaze and balance

    Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent God alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken. Psalm 62:2 “Remember,” my friend texts, “our balance is tied to our gaze.” Balance tied… Continue reading

  • Leaning into mercy

    Monday in the Second Week of Lent Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by. … Continue reading

  • Sacred vocabulary

    Saturday in the First Week of Lent Feast of St. Matthias Restore us, O God of hosts; show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. Psalm 80:3 With a sense of relief, and perhaps a bit of… Continue reading