Thursday in the Second Week of Lent Let my mouth be full of your praise and your glory all the day long.Psalm 71:8 Even as I wake, I bat aside a sense of unease. The schools are closed for the… Continue reading

Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent Your faithfulness remains from one generation to another; you established the earth and it abides.Psalm 119:90 Pieced together with one-inch squares of faded fabric, the quilt spreads a swath of gentle color across… Continue reading

Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent God alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.Psalm 62:2 The morning dawns with a pale light that is enhanced as it is reflected… Continue reading

Monday in the Second Week of Lent Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by.… Continue reading

Saturday in the First Week of Lent You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:2 For the umpteenth time, I thank God for being home. For cooking my own food. For sleeping… Continue reading

Friday in the First Week of Lent Happy are they who trust in the Lord! they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods. Psalm 40:4 It is when I hear the words of complaint come out… Continue reading

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