David Sandel

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Memorial of Saint Anthony, Abbott (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Not with a whimper but a bang I am at your service to go and fight this Philistine. The lectionary follows David’s anointing with his most famous feat, killing the Philistine’s giant soldier Goliath. David collected...

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Turning away and turning back Margaret and I argue about things sometimes, usually when I’m in a bad mood. Or she is. Or we both are. Often it has to do with unfinished business, with procrastination on one or both of...

Monday, January 15, 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Pour new wine into new wineskins We read, and then talked a bit, about the first chapter of Genesis – those seven days, when God created the world and everything in it. Genesis came alive as...

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 14, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Listen to the trumpet of Jesus The Lord called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” When God speaks, we listen. But where will God’s voice come from? Jon Meacham writes inspiring American history books. In The...

Saturday, January 13, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Glad tidings When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord assured him, “This is the man of whom I told you: he is to govern my people.” Kings and presidents and rulers are chosen many ways. In America we choose our...

Friday, January 12, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Watch the kids take care of things If you are four and you are endangered (slightly) by something your seven year old brother does, what do you say? How do you respond? Our four-year-old got right in the face of his...

Thursday, January 11, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Eli’s story ends The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle. Four thousand Israelite soldiers were killed. This surprised the leaders of Israel, so they decided to carry the Ark of the Lord...

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Samuel’s story continues One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had grown weak and he could not see. But the lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel was sleeping near the Ark. And the Lord...

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Samuel’s story begins Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost of the Lord’s temple. David’s story starts quietly, Eli sitting on a chair (as he so often did) watching...