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  • Changing the Game Plan

    Wednesday in the First Week of Lent Remember your word to your servant,    because you have given me hope.   Psalm 119:49 I wake up problem solving, the transition from dream to reality hardly noticeable. One of yesterday’s unanswered… Continue reading

  • Joyful Shout

    Tuesday in the First Week of Lent Clap your hands, all you peoples;    shout to God with a cry of joy.  Psalm 47:1 Taking a break from our meeting, we stand outside in a spot of sun, determinedly soaking… Continue reading

  • Green Twig

    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 52:8 As I brush off the debris… Continue reading

  • Thirst

    Saturday after Ash Wednesday As the deer longs for the water-brooks,    so longs my soul for you, O God.  Psalm 42:1 By the time I reach for the water to assuage my thirst, I realize I have been thirsty… Continue reading

  • Release

    Friday after Ash Wednesday Be strong and let your heart take courage,    all you who wait for the Lord.  Psalm 31:24 As I maneuver the car into the parking spot in front of my house, I have to apply… Continue reading

  • Broken Fast

    Thursday after Ash Wednesday Put your trust in the Lord and do good;    dwell in the land and feed on its riches.  Psalm 37:3 I finally give in to a handful of pretzels. Typically I enjoy a fast day.… Continue reading

  • Deliverance

    Ash Wednesday You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble;    you surround me with shouts of deliverance.  Psalm 32:8 The morning dawns cold and I burrow into my prayer shawl seeking warmth. This winter has been hard–its own… Continue reading

  • Winter Walk

    Lord, I love the house in which you dwell,    and the place where your glory abides.  Psalm 26:8 The cold carries my breath away. I can see it in the air, the warm moisture from within me condensing into… Continue reading

  • Christmas Day

    God from God Light from Light true God from true God Image credit: zatletic / 123RF Stock Photo Continue reading

  • Coming and Going

    Christmas Eve 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 The photo arrives as a gift in my inbox with a… Continue reading