Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent In your great mercy, O God, answer me with you unfailing help. Psalm 69:15 For the umpteenth time I pick up my phone. I stop myself before I swipe the screen. I do… Continue reading

Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent Steady my footsteps in your word; let no iniquity have dominion over me. Psalm 119:133 The bright warmth of the afternoon lures me outside and I finally begin to gather up the fallen… Continue reading

Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent Confounded be all who worship carved images and delight in false gods. Psalm 97:7 The disconnect is to be expected as my body tells me one thing and the clock another in this… Continue reading

Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it. Psalm 89:11 I wake in the dark hearing the voracious wind.… Continue reading

Saturday in the Third Week of Lent Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. Psalm 90:1 The somewhat neglected rocking chair from my grandmother’s house becomes our topic of conversation. Should we put it back into… Continue reading

Friday in the Third Week of Lent And now, what is my hope? O God, my hope is in you. Psalm 39:8 Some days I feel the immediacy of God’s presence, wrapping around me like a soft blanket. Some days… Continue reading

Thursday in the Third Week of Lent   Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Psalm 85:11   I look twice to be sure because I do not want it to be true.… Continue reading

Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent Sustain me according to your promise,that I may live,and let me not be disappointed in my hope.Psalm 119:116 The conversation is lively as we gather on zoom, as this group has been doing… Continue reading

Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent So mortals ate the bread of angels; God provided for them food enough. Psalm 78:25 I open my computer to work and am met with the low battery warning. I forgot to plug… Continue reading

Monday in the Third Week of Lent Restore us, O God of hosts; show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. Psalm 80:3 I quietly walk into the room and take my seat in the circle of… Continue reading