• Call and Response

    Friday in the First Week of Lent Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad; let those who love your salvation continually say, “Great is the Lord!” Psalm 40:17 “I hope you have fun today,” I call out to… Continue reading

  • Holy And

    Thursday in the First Week of Lent Be still, then, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:11 I hear the rain as it splatters against… Continue reading

  • Bemused tranquility

    Wednesday in the First Week of Lent This is my comfort in my trouble, that your promise gives me life. Psalm 119:50 The morning fog envelops the city landscape, softening hard edges, quieting creation. It’s as if the Holy One… Continue reading

  • Familiar disorientation

    Tuesday in the First Week of Lent God is our God for ever and ever, and shall be our guide for evermore. Psalm 48:13 In the darkness and rain I head toward home, along a route that I have driven… Continue reading

  • Learning curve ball

    Monday in the First Week of Lent But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. Psalm 52:9 I look down at my hands, noticing… Continue reading

  • Sacred disequilibrium

    Saturday after Ash Wednesday Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. Psalm 43:3 There is a racket outside my window this morning; I see… Continue reading

  • Claimed

    Friday after Ash Wednesday Into your hands, I commend my spirit, for you have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth. Psalm 31:5 Already redeemed. The price has already been paid. This is the realization that smacks me in… Continue reading

  • Be strong. Be Brave.

    Thursday after Ash Wednesday Our steps are directed by the Lord; he strengthens those in whose way he delights. Psalm 37:24 As I look up from my morning prayer, I see the inspirational icon across the room displaying the words… Continue reading

  • Dust in your hands

    Ash Wednesday My spirit faints within me; my heart within me is desolate. Psalm 143:4 In your hands   the dust of the earth became The dust of which I am made seeks you thirsts for the living water of… Continue reading

  • The holy now

    Saturday of the Third Week of Advent You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:2 I move my finger along the groves of the wooden labyrinth feeling its smoothness. All is quiet… Continue reading