David Sandel

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Truth wins out Every day another iteration of my “common” cold whacks me in the head. A little fever, a little sneezing, a little folding of the hands to rest. Yesterday as evening approached my nose refused to stop running. The...

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  Corned beef hash at the Whistle Stop Cafe Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they will become white as snow, though they are red as crimson, they will be as wool. My...

Monday, February 26, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) It is God who draws your forehead to the ground Be merciful, as your heavenly father is merciful. As the sun sets, the dusk darkens and it seems very quiet here around me. I can hear my ears ringing. A helicopter...

Second Sunday of Lent, February 25, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  It’s a warm day in the neighborhood Well, today maybe, but yesterday in Illinois there was a heavy frost. I was still wearing my Austin shorts, and my knees started knocking. I came early to watch part of...

Saturday, February 24, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) An early Easter this year In 2022 Ash Wednesday was March 2. This year it was February 14. Wow! And this year the weather is being kind to us. I don’t remember 2022. But I am grateful for every last ray...

Friday, February 23, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Back to Illinois again Today and tomorrow I’ll be on the road, heading for our grandson Jack’s Scholastic Bowl tournament tomorrow, an Illini game with my friend Chris and his son Ben, and several weddings at Danville Correctional Center. Here’s a...

Thursday, February 22, 2024 Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  The dentist, Solomon and Peter We didn’t plan it this way. But as our dentist said today, “Let’s face it. You’re 74.” Actually he was thinking we might not need to complete as...

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Estancia at the Arboretum Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart for I am gracious and merciful. Not every four-year-old gets to savor a fancy lunch surrounded by windows and sunlight at a Brazilian steakhouse. But...

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Meet T. S. Eliot on the labyrinth When you pray, do not babble like the pagans. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Next door to our second favorite grocery store, just a five minute drive from our...

Monday, February 19, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The least of these Be holy, for the Lord, your God, am holy. At the beginning of the film Doctor Zhivago, under a backdrop of the snow-covered Ural Mountains, young Yuri Zhivago marches in a funeral procession. His mother has died....