David Sandel

Thursday, December 11, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Oasis I will open up rivers on the bare heights,     and fountains in the broad valleys; I will turn the desert into a marshland,     and the dry ground into springs of water. I will plant in the desert the...

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Anne Rice, Christmas Christian Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, The Creator of the ends of the earth. They that wait upon the Lord Will renew their strength, They will rise up on...

Tuesday, December 9, 2025        (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Comfort and joy Comfort, comfort ye my people. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim to her That her service is at an end. When I walked into our Austin apartment home last week I was really tired. Looking round I...

Second Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Remember On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. Pearl Harbor. Shock on Sunday morning. Many American sailors killed. December 7, a day which will live...

Saturday, December 6, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Over and under and through Just after her surgery yesterday, my friend Sheryl texted me, “I’m in my room. Thanks for praying!” My News Gazette buddy’s granddaughter had a “remarkable day” in recovery two weeks after a devastating car crash. She’ll...

Friday, December 5, 2025        (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  Foundation and future When Jacob’s children see the work of God’s hands in their midst  … those who err in spirit shall acquire understanding, and those who find fault shall receive instruction. I marched around the old barn singing with...

Thursday, December 4, 2025             (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Love, love, love As usual the car is packed full, to the gills as they say. I slept well and woke up well and was on the road by 8:45 Wednesday morning. At 8:46 the local bus stopped and dropped...

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest        (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Cold night. Warm fire. Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to satisfy such a crowd? There are stories in this one sentence-question to satisfy for days my own thirst...

Tuesday, December 2, 2025             (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  Womb of my belonging For years I’ve been fascinated by my addiction to the sounds and sights of words. The beauty of words put together well overwhelms me, and never more than today, this third day of the Advent season....

Monday, December 1, 2025             (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Luster and glory We didn’t get out of the house again today, until late in the afternoon to get some milk and eggs. And a few cookies. Margaret visited with her friend from Bloomington on Facetime, and we settled in....