Saturday of the Second Week of Advent Weeping may spend the night,but joy comes in the morning.Psalm 30:6 My morning coffee arrives in a large mug, steaming and beautiful. The café is warm, full of people and good smells and… Continue reading

Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.  Psalm 37:9 The fierce rains of yesterday have been replaced by fierce winds, causing the chimes in my… Continue reading

Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent The Lord is my strength and my shield;  my heart trusts in him, and I have been helped; Psalm 28:8 After a rush of morning engagements, the afternoon opens slowly before me with… Continue reading

Monday of the Second Week of Advent To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; my God, I put my trust in you; let me not be humiliated, nor let my enemies triumph over me. Psalm 25:1 It is… Continue reading

Saturday of the First Week of Advent  Turn again to your rest, O my soul. for the Lord has treated you well Psalm 116:6 I sink into the quiet of the pre-dawn morning, even as the comfortable sounds of the… Continue reading

Friday of the First Week of Advent Show me your marvelous loving-kindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them. Psalm 17:7 Although the outside air is held in a… Continue reading

Thursday of the First Week of Advent God delivered me from my strong enemies and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. Psalm 18:18 As I scroll through my phone in the morning, checking my… Continue reading

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you;  my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren and dry land where there is no water. Psalm… Continue reading

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent But all who take refuge in you will be glad; they will sing out their joy for ever. Psalm 5:13 We walk in the brisk cold, our bodies warming with the steady movement.… Continue reading

But you, O Lord, are a shield about me; you are my glory, the one who lifts up my head. Psalm 3:3 Advent has just begun and already I need to shield myself from the assaults of a world that… Continue reading