“Let Him deliver us”

Home > Lenten Blog 2022 “Let Him deliver us”April 6, 2022 Daniel 3:14–20,24–28 | John 8:31–42 | Canticle 13 These readings, at first glance, seem a little all over the place. They aren’t – but I’ll get to that in a minute. First, I have to say that the story of...

Praise the Lord anyway.

Home > Lenten Blog 2022 Praise the Lord anyway. April 5, 2022 Numbers 21:4–9 | John 8:21–30 | Psalm 102:15–22“Let this be written for a future generationSo that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord”Sometime around the  9th – 5th century before Christ was even...

Once upon a time they lived happily ever after.

Home > Lenten Blog 2022 Once upon a time they lived happily ever after.April 3, 2022 Isaiah 43:16-21 | Philippians 3:4b-14 | John 12:1-8 | Psalm 126When I was an elementary counselor working in classrooms, I used puppets to tell and illustrate stories. At the...

Living Water

Home > Lenten Blog 2022 Living Water April 2, 2022 Jeremiah 11:18–20 | John 7:37–52| Psalm 7:6–11In John Chapter 7, Jesus cries out to the crowds at a festival, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes me drink. As the scripture has said,...

My heart is with the Ukrainian people.

Home > Lenten Blog 2022 My heart is with the Ukrainian people.April 1, 2022 Wisdom 2:1a,12–24 | John 7:1–2,10,25–30 | Psalm 34:15–22I pondered today’s readings while digesting the latest news from Ukraine. I thought particularly of footage showing parents kissing...