Psalm 17

"Hide me under the shadow of your wings" Last night my son noticed an elderly lady huddled in a parking lot with her duffel bag. She appeared to be a street person. My wife and I brought her soup and sandwich; my son contributed some high tech socks to keep her feet warm. We brought her to a dumpy motel that had put her on a "do not ( Read more... )

Ex 14:21-31 ( Read more... )

little flowers of St. Francis ( Read more... )

Exodus 13,14

God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness

Maybe when I feel that I am running in circles and not efficiently reaching my goals, I should realize that is not always bad.

And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph who had required a solemn oath of the Israelites, saying, "God will surely take notice of you, ( Read more... )

Exodus 12:28-39

"Go, worship the Lord, as you said. Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And bring a blessing on me too!" The Passover story could have had a different ending. Pharaoh could have let the people of Israel go without having the army charge them. Maybe then Egypt would have received the blessing for ( Read more... )

Exodus 12:14-27

15. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On Maundy Thursday Virginia and I decided it would be nice to try and simulate a Passover dinner. After all Maundy Thursday is the Christian holy day when Jesus eats the Passover dinner with his disciples. Farmer Jack's did not have any matzo crackers. The manager did mention ( Read more... )

Hebrews 4:1-16

12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart ( Read more... )

PSALM 6:1-10

1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger,
or discipline me in your wrath.The psalmist realizes that humans often discipline at the moment of anger rather than waiting for a time when they are more calm. He requests that God not discipline him out of wrath at the moment that the Psalmist performed some misdeed ( Read more... )

Psalm 51 ( Read more... )

Psalm 57

I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; A Psalm written by David when he fled from a cave that King Saul was in. David, of course, had to sneak into the cave and take a souvenir one of the kings articles of clothing while the king slept ( Read more... )