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  • Entrusting hope

    Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent   Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim the God redeemed them from the hand of the foe. Psalm 107:2   Sweet sounds of the mandolin accompany my morning devotion. As… Continue reading

  • Confession

    Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent In your great mercy, O God, answer me with you unfailing help. Psalm 69:15 For the umpteenth time I pick up my phone. I stop myself before I swipe the screen. I do… Continue reading

  • Resilience

    Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent Steady my footsteps in your word; let no iniquity have dominion over me. Psalm 119:133 The bright warmth of the afternoon lures me outside and I finally begin to gather up the fallen… Continue reading

  • Embodied

    Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent Confounded be all who worship carved images and delight in false gods. Psalm 97:7 The disconnect is to be expected as my body tells me one thing and the clock another in this… Continue reading

  • Disturbance

    Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it. Psalm 89:11 I wake in the dark hearing the voracious wind.… Continue reading

  • Refuge

    Saturday in the Third Week of Lent Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. Psalm 90:1 The somewhat neglected rocking chair from my grandmother’s house becomes our topic of conversation. Should we put it back into… Continue reading

  • Hope

    Friday in the Third Week of Lent And now, what is my hope? O God, my hope is in you. Psalm 39:8 Some days I feel the immediacy of God’s presence, wrapping around me like a soft blanket. Some days… Continue reading

  • Sacrifice

    Thursday in the Third Week of Lent   Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Psalm 85:11   I look twice to be sure because I do not want it to be true.… Continue reading

  • Showing up

    Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent Sustain me according to your promise,that I may live,and let me not be disappointed in my hope.Psalm 119:116 The conversation is lively as we gather on zoom, as this group has been doing… Continue reading

  • Manna in the desert

    Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent So mortals ate the bread of angels; God provided for them food enough. Psalm 78:25 I open my computer to work and am met with the low battery warning. I forgot to plug… Continue reading