Thursday in the First Week of Lent Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and make good your vows to the Most High.Psalm 50:14 It begins modestly, my list of gratitudes. I think over the day that is past, and… Continue reading

Wednesday in the First Week of Lent Your statutes have been like songs to me wherever I have lived as a stranger. Psalm 119:54 I am without my comfortable chair and my morning tea in a favorite mug. I am… Continue reading

Tuesday in the First Week of Lent We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of your temple. Psalm 48:8 I awake in the early morning from a dream of busyness. It takes me some… Continue reading

Monday in the First Week of Lent You plot ruin; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, O worker of deception. Psalm 52:2 For neither the first nor, I suspect, the last time this week, I rehearse the conversation in… Continue reading

Saturday after Ash Wednesday Oh Lord my God, I cried out to you, and you restored me to health. Psalm 30:2 I look out on the red buds of the maple tree outside my window and wonder how they will… Continue reading

Friday after Ash Wednesday You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy; you have set my feet in an open place. Psalm 31:8 As the morning sunshine splashes across the pages of my prayer book, the… Continue reading

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil. Psalm 37:9 One after another, the anxious moments of the day recede. I breathe in and find ease where a few… Continue reading

Ash Wednesday For the Lord knows whereof we are made; and remembers that we are but dust.Psalm 103:14 Anne E. Kitch Lately I have been meditating on roots. And for months I have been painting and drawing my prayers. First I… Continue reading

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34 A bank account, a stock portfolio, a vault filled with material wealth and possessions; these are among the loneliest places for the heart to dwell. The heart… Continue reading

For those who have lost For those who are lost For those who are broken For those who find For those who gather the pieces For those who who dare to see the worth of each and imagine welcoming them… Continue reading