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  • Done

    Good Friday My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? and are so far from my cry and the words of my distress? Psalm 22:1 And what about the why? Not Have you forsaken me? Will you forsake me?… Continue reading

  • The step

    Maundy Thursday Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you; hide not your face from me in the day of my trouble. Psalm 102:1 I hear the clock ticking in the early hours of the quiet house… Continue reading

  • Edge

    Wednesday in Holy Week Hear my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my petition. Listen to me and answer me; I have no peace, because of my cares. Psalm 55:1-2 In the evening and in the morning I… Continue reading

  • Paltry prayer

    Tuesday in Holy Week The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord accepts my prayer. Psalm 6:9 I turn the corner in my familiar route home only to be thwarted. A roadblock. It was not here on my way to… Continue reading

  • Bare

    Monday in Holy Week Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:11 I step out into the cold to clip some branches from the forsythia. It is time. No blossoms yet,… Continue reading

  • Unquenched

    Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent As the deer longs for the water-brooks, so longs my soul for you, O God. Psalm 42:1 I wake from a nap disoriented and thirsty. Desperately thirsty. When was the last time I… Continue reading

  • Obstacle

    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

  • Cup of blessings

    Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast; my soul is quieted within me. Psalm 131:3 “Mom, will you help me with my English essay?”… Continue reading

  • Perplexing space

    Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent Feast of the Annunciation Will you not give us life again, that your people may rejoice in you? Psalm 85:6 Before I head out the door, I zip up my coat and make… Continue reading

  • Someone else's watch

    Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved and he who watches over you will not fall asleep. Psalm 121:2-3 I… Continue reading