desiring God … listening, waiting
Thursday, April 30, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A long night Jesus Christ, you are the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead. You have loved us from our sins by your Body and Blood. The Meal. Come to me, my children and eat my body and drink my...
Posted on Apr 29, 2026
What we know so far (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) I think it’s TV correspondents that use the phrase when there’s a crisis or celebration, and it’s only just begun. What we know so far …And rather than belabor you with extraneous “knowings,” I think I’d better just make a...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Waiting for June … 11? (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Monday morning. Our eye appointments went well. I didn’t move very quickly, an inch at a time. Everyone helped me. Dr. Odette suggested a couple of tweaks for Margaret and me and reminded us of Solomon’s...
Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2026 Junk drawer (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The Lord is my shepherd. In 2012 Father Albert Haase and Jessie Vicha began two years training fifteen of us, men and women, protestants and Catholics, to be spiritual directors. They told us that our minds...
Saturday, April 25, 2026 Feast of Saint Mark Evangelist The last enemy (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Blessed the people who know the joyful shout; in the light of your countenance, O LORD, they walk. A different drummer accompanies this glorious, triumphant march. After the suffering, we discover that our...
Friday, April 24, 2026 Waiting With My Left Hand (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true drink. When I can only...
Posted on Apr 22, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) There is patience here, sometimes He has changed the sea into dry land; through the river they passed on foot; therefore let us rejoice in him. Monday night Andi picked me up 9:25 and we headed home. Dr Pirwitz said he...
Posted on Apr 20, 2026
Monday, April 20, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Hearts and caths I have chosen the way of truth, I have set my heart on your laws. I hold fast to your statutes, O my Lord Do not let me be put to shame. I run in the path...
Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Prince of tides Peter speaks. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though Pilate had...
Posted on Apr 18, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The son son son of God It was evening when the disciples of Jesus went down to the sea, embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come...
