Devotionals

Wednesday, March 18   “Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?” -Luke 12:24-25 (NRSV)   I’ve been through […]

Tuesday, March 17 Great Egret Preening   Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant  or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;  it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.  It bears all things, believes all things, […]

Monday, March 16 Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?   –Acts 2:17-18 I had tried to learn a little Spanish before the trip.  I bought a CD and listened in the car; I […]

Sunday, March 15, 2015 “But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the […]

Saturday, March 14 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you […]

Friday, March 13   Then the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’* and he said, ‘Here I am!’ and ran to Eli, and said, ‘Here I am, for you called me.’ But he said, ‘I did not call; lie down again.’ So he went and lay down. The Lord called again, ‘Samuel!’ Samuel got up and went to […]

Thursday, March 12 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,and its people as a delight. –Is 65:17-18   […]

Wednesday, March 11 Let them praise God’s name with dancing; Let them sing praises to God with timbrel and lyre.  –Psalm 149:3 I dance across the water pirouetting to the music of creation. Minnows splash frogs croak blue herons beat time with tambourine wings Lizards rustle crabs scuttle snakes slither and sanderlings bob back and […]

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Tuesday, March 10   “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!” [Psalm 130:1-2] Babies’ main form of communication is crying. They cry when they are hungry, tired, hot, cold, board, uncomfortable, lonely, or generally upset. Not all […]

Monday, March 9     For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  –Matthew 6:14   Several years ago, I found myself in the middle of a very painful situation in which a close friend was in danger of losing his job, and another close […]