desiring God … listening, waiting
Friday, March 28, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Wordless 1 Take with you words, and return to the Lord. And usually we do. We pray with words. In doing so we discover a path, returning to the Lord. We make lists of people and projects that we offer up...
Thursday, March 27, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Dreams If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. In my dream I was at camp, a combined 4-H camp at Allerton Park and Transforming Community retreat at Marytown. At times I was a boy, then I was a...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Mosaic Who will hear of all these statutes and say, ‘This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.’ For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Shout Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. Your justice I kept not hid within my heart; your faithfulness and your salvation I have spoken of; I have made no secret...
Monday, March 24, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Rain! I should write about water more often. Last night in Austin it rained cats and dogs. Margaret didn’t need to water her plants. The bucket she puts under our leaky gutter filled up with rain water. The car washes won’t...
Third Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Water In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses. Water. Or should I say the lack thereof? Where do YOU live? How are the water supplies? So far most of us don’t drink...
Posted on Mar 22, 2025
Saturday, March 22, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Brothers and sister A man had two sons. So here we are, 70ish years in, brothers and a sister still sharing hopes and dreams, along with memories of a supportive, generous, comfortable Missouri Synod Lutheran family in the center of black...
Friday, March 21, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Blood brothers Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons. Brothers in a family of twelve sons don’t necessarily get along day in and day out. Jacob neé Israel didn’t help this situation any. When his brothers saw that their father...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Generosity Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames. Too late, too late! Generosity is its own reward, and misers...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Traveling The boy remained behind in Jerusalem, but the parents did not know it. In the middle of a beautiful warm sunny afternoon, I took a few minutes to see the...
