desiring God … listening, waiting
Saturday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Eggs and marshmallows Hey guys, I got an idea for the day before Easter. Why don’t we throw marshmallows from our helicopter the way we throw candy from floats at the 4th of July parade? Cool plan! Who thought...
Friday in the Octave of Easter, April 5, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Then God created light again When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Here is another experience for the disciples, especially Peter in...
Thursday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Checking with Jasper This is the message we have heard from him: God is light, in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie...
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Was it not necessary? So far in our church life we’ve avoided most situations where well-meaning Christians told us we could have prayed more or done something more sacrificial to avoid problems, whether those problems be death or illness...
Posted on Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Tuesday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Full of the goodness of the Lord The promise is made to you and to your children, and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call. Rick Barnes, who coached the...
Posted on Apr 01, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024 Monday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Impossible for him to be held by it Peter spoke firmly to the people listening: You killed this man Jesus, using lawless men to crucify him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the...
Posted on Mar 31, 2024
Haiku for every day of March 2024 March 1 Wisconsin trip: Lakes Wisconsin, Mendota My Madison March 2 Milwaukee Market Watched Illini beat Badgers Supper club Prime rib March 3 Lakefront home for art Racine, Marytown, Aurand Mother Teresa March 4 Breakfast with Carmen then Portage, Indiana Lake Michigan waves ...
Posted on Mar 31, 2024
Complete list of March 2024 Daily Devotions with links March 1 On Wisconsin, plunge right through that line! March 2 On earth as it is in heaven March 3 A letter from Jesus March 4 A vanishing trail March 5 Home again, following the circle round the sun March 6 Glory be March 7 ...
Posted on Mar 31, 2024
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 The Resurrection of the Lord (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) When I survey the wondrous cross On this Easter Sunday, after grieving the Illini loss to UConn at the basketball tournament last night (79-52) the ways of death and resurrection are clearer than ever. One...
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Singing on Saturday night In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. At Catholic churches...
