Anne E. Kitch

Show me your ways, O LORD,   and teach me your paths.Lead me in your truth and teach me,   for you are the God of my salvation;   in you have I trusted all the day long.    Psalm 25:3-4 It is chaos. … Continue reading

Turn again to your rest, O my soul,   for the Lord has treated you well.   Psalm 116:6 I sink into the unhurried moment. Finally. It is easier to breath from here. Although I got up at my usual hour, the… Continue reading

Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you;   I have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord, my good above all other.”   Psalm 16:1 Of course it was one of those board games with a thousand small… Continue reading

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion   slow to anger and of great kindness.The Lord is loving to everyone   and his compassion is over all his works.   Psalm 145:8-9 I awake with a sense of pleasant anticipation. I get… Continue reading

Oh, that my ways were made so direct   that I might keep your statutes!   Psalm 119:5 “We all get distracted praying the psalms,” I heard the monk say. I am surprised. After all, he is a monk, and not a… Continue reading

In the morning Lord, your hear my voice;   early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you.   Psalm 5:3 The package greets me as I arrive home after a long drive. It is unexpected; not something… Continue reading

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;… Continue reading

Once again I will be offering my daily Advent Meditations. This season will include some of my favorites from earlier years. The posts will begin on Monday, December 3, 2012. I will be traveling to the diocese of Kajo-Keji in… Continue reading

A Meditation on Psalm 14 The fool has said in her heart, “There is no God.” On any given morning of any given day, even the most devout person can look for God and find…nothing. Perhaps this is because she… Continue reading

Why think God has not touched everything that comes to your desk? True, He may have kept the best for Himself. That is just the way it goes. (Rabia of Basra c.717-801, translated by Daniel Ladinsky in Love Poems from… Continue reading