Anne E. Kitch

This is the irrational season when love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason there’d have been no room for the child.   Madeleine L’Engle, “After annunciation” in The Irrational Season. Image Copyright: / 123RF Stock Photo Continue reading

God is our refuge and strength,    a very present help in trouble.  Psalm 46:1 I finally leave the office store after a complex series of unbelievable but absolutely predictable setbacks. Because of course I am not the only one… Continue reading

Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in… Continue reading

Feast of St. Thomas, transferred The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in,    from this time forth for evermore.  Psalm 121:8 “Mom’s going to help me bake for German class,” I hear my daughter announce… Continue reading

Praise the Lord with the harp;   play to him upon the psaltery and lyre. Sing for him a new song;    sound a fanfare with all your skill upon the trumpet.  Psalm 33:2-3 As I drive home after a… Continue reading

I waited patiently upon the Lord;    he stooped to me and heard my cry.  Psalm 40:1 I don’t feel very patient, I think, as I look at the three candles lighted on the Advent wreath. Three candles in. Where… Continue reading

The Lord, the God of gods, has spoken;    he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.  Psalm 50:1 In the shadows that play against the wall at dawn. In the epiphany that comes… Continue reading

Remember your word to your servant,   because you have given me hope.  Psalm 119:49-50 I drive through the late afternoon grayness, the lights of traffic and scattered houses painting the streets with bright splashes of color turned liquid by… Continue reading

We have waited in silence on your loving kindness, O God,    in the midst of your temple. Psalm 48:8 I awake early, before the alarm, and move into my morning routine with a certain amount of confidence. Lately, I… Continue reading

If we have forgotten the Name of our God,    or stretched out our hands to some strange god, Will not God find out?    for he knows the secrets of the heart.  Psalm 44:20-21 The cacophony is overwhelming. A… Continue reading