desiring God … listening, waiting
Friday, June 12, 2026 Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Love is of God A poem by Steve Garnaas-Holmes brings love and healing to my mind. You don’t have the powers of those who wound the realm, nor those who seem able to...
Thursday, June 11, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Gifts for all of us Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven. For many years Margaret has studied the Bible in...
Posted on Jun 09, 2026
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) One more memory, please, just one more The brook near where Elijah was hiding ran dry because no rain had fallen in the land … A grassroots effort in the 1890s by citizens of Austin, Texas, led to the opening of...
Posted on Jun 05, 2026
June 5, 2026 Note about my surgery I am scheduled to have open chest, quadruple bypass surgery on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 7 am … at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas (38th Street) Until now, I’ve been pretty diligent about writing daily devotions about our lives and ideas, and along the...
Posted on May 28, 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) If it takes a tornado, go find one Aelred of Rievaulx wrote, thinking of friendship in the 14th century: Here we are, you and I, and I hope a third, Christ, is in our midst. There is no one now to...
Posted on May 25, 2026
Monday, May 25, 2026 Memorial Day in the USA Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Blow the trumpet, proud and strong After Adam had eaten of the tree, the LORD God called to him and asked him, “Where are you?”...
Monday, May 18, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Do not go gentle … We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit. Don my Italian buddy called, asked about me. He hadn’t heard anything for awhile. Other friends sometimes call, or text … are you OK? Well,...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Ruah Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found...
Posted on May 11, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Around the table on Mother’s Day The Lord takes delight in his people. At each of our places, the boys put a white piece of paper. A set of watercolors was there for two people to share, and brushes, and water....
Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 10, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Hot flash And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. At Jacques Seed Company a team of research folks went to southern Illinois to weed their...
