With apologies for not blogging yesterday - I offer this brief reflection on the morning psalms from the Daily Office Lectionary. Psalm 56 God, have mercy on me because I’m being trampled. All day long the enemy oppresses me. My attackers trample me all day long because I have so many enemies. Exalted one, whenever... Continue Reading →

Psalm 139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged... Continue Reading →

Psalm 96 Common English Bible (CEB) Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord! Bless his name! Share the news of his saving work every single day! Declare God’s glory among the nations; declare his wondrous works among all people because the Lord is great and so worthy of praise. He is... Continue Reading →

If you are following the Daily Office Lectionary, you have been reading the story of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible. Today my brief Lenten reflection will focus on the sale of Joseph into slavery.... When they sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with camels carrying... Continue Reading →

Each day in Lent I am posting a brief reflection on one of the readings from the Daily Office Lectionary. Today's my's reflection focuses on the Epistle Reading. 1 Corinthians 1:20-31  Where are the wise? Where are the legal experts? Where are today’s debaters? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish? In God’s... Continue Reading →

Psalm 103  Let my whole being bless the Lord!     Let everything inside me bless his holy name! Let my whole being bless the Lord     and never forget all his good deeds:     how God forgives all your sins,     heals all your sickness,     saves your life from the pit,     crowns you with faithful love and compassion,     and satisfies you with... Continue Reading →

Psalm 42 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” When I remember... Continue Reading →

I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the... Continue Reading →