Tuesday in the First Week of Lent God is in her citadels;and is known to be her sure refuge.Psalm 48:3 The snow squall comes on suddenly while clients are waiting outside to receive food from our pantry. We quickly open… Continue reading

 Monday in the First Week of Lent Rise up, and help us,and save us, for the sake ofyour steadfast love.Psalm 44:26 The longer day and the warmer sun make my afternoon walk pleasant. I am grateful for my neighbors who… Continue reading

 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?and why are you so disquieted within me?Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to him,who is the help of my countenance, and… Continue reading

Friday after Ash Wednesday Blessed be the Lord!for he has shown me the wonders of his love in a besieged city.Psalm 31:21 The journey has barely begun when I pause. To wonder. To wonder why. Why do I fling myself… Continue reading

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