Thursday after Ash Wednesday Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in him,and he will bring it to pass.Psalm 37:5 Once again, I step foot into the Lenten wilderness, and in doing so am aware that I… Continue reading

Ash Wednesday For the Lord knows whereof we are made; and remembers that we are but dust.Psalm 103:14 Today, there will be no ashes made from last year’s palms marking foreheads in my community. Nevertheless, we are all marked by… Continue reading

griefmakes itself a home in my bodycoating the back of my throatseeping down past my lungsto fill not my heart but my ribcagewith weighted sorrowa drenched wool blanket woven of anguishclutching at my sternumobstinately unyieldingconstricting each breath how can there… Continue reading

My word is releaseby which I mean being freeexperiencing reliefthe liberation from oppressionof gifts, of thoughts, of my very way of beingby which I mean freedom Being released into the wildof a new time, next time Being released from the catchto… Continue reading

Christmas Day How beautiful upon the mountainsare the feet of the messenger who announces peaceIsaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains   are the feet of the messenger who announces peace pure poetry, Isaiah’s words I wish I could read… Continue reading

 Christmas Eve  Come now and look upon the works of the Lord,what awesome things he has done on earth.Psalm 46:9 Once again, the pageant rehearsal ushers Christmas across the threshold. This year the shepherds, angels, wise guys, our seven-week-old baby… Continue reading

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent From the rising of the sun to its going downlet the name of the Lord be praisedPsalm 113:3 Today has been all sorts of unexpected. The long-awaited pandemic-delayed contractor was able to stop… Continue reading

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him. Psalm 116:1 It has been a long… Continue reading

 Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent May you be blessed by the Lordthe maker of heaven and earth.Psalm 115:15 It is suddenly dark. Of course, it is the shortest day of the year, and I knew this was coming,… Continue reading

 Saturday of the Third Week of Advent You trace my journeys and my resting-placesand are acquainted with all my ways.Psalm 139:2 The day has been accompanied by mandola, piano, and voice as my household prepares for the worship to come.… Continue reading