Monday of the First Week of Advent I lie down and go to sleep;I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.Psalm 3:5 Like every other pattern in my life, my sleep is disrupted. I find myself awake at odd hours,… Continue reading

Focus on Wisdom and do not be distracted. Watch the patterns of creation,and you will awaken to grace and tranquility.Proverbs 3:19-22 Earlier this week as I walked to work, my attention was caught by a shaft of fall sunlight illuminating… Continue reading

Thursday in Easter Week Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Psalm 146:1 “What is at the top… Continue reading

Easter Day Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Psalm 150:6 Earth shattering the removal of the stone to expose the empty tomb emptied of sorrow emptied of hate emptied of death emptied of that which it could… Continue reading

Holy Saturday You speak in my heart and say, “Seek my face.” You face, Lord, will I seek. Psalm 27:11 morning comes for the broken hearted for the hopeful for the grief-laden morning comes for the trepidatious the stretched thin… Continue reading

Good Friday Our forebears put their trust in you they trusted, and you delivered them. Psalm 22:4 the cry in the garden the howl in the night the voice of denial windswept the fierce landscape awaits the gift of love… Continue reading

Maundy Thursday Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God; let your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10 feet worn and weary hardened from travel through uncharted territory with yet weight to bear… Continue reading

Wednesday in Holy Week I am shaken by the noise of the enemy and by the pressure of the wicked Psalm 55:3 The wilderness is not empty of threats or of life as salvation draws near the enemy deploys a… Continue reading

Tuesday in Holy Week Depart from me, all evildoers, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. Psalm 6:8 it is no small thing to give in to give over to give myself over to the one who… Continue reading

Monday in Holy Week Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:11 Once again the path makes a familiar turn this pilgrimage will lead me deeper in before I am through… Continue reading