desiring God … listening, waiting
Monday, March 4, 2024 Monday of the third week of Lent (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A vanishing trail Today I hope to be in Valparaiso, Indiana where I went to college 1967-71, exploring the nooks of memory as best I can 50 plus years later. There is so much...
Third Sunday of Lent, March 3, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A letter from Jesus I’m visiting my friends Ken and Tricia today and tonight. Their furnace went out this weekend, but their genius friend Neil is putting it back together. If we need extra blankets, or need to...
Saturday, March 2, 2024 Saturday of the second week of Lent (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) On earth as it is in heaven I should be in Madison and heading to Milwaukee today. Art museums. Maybe find a couple of Wisconsin supper clubs. Watch the Illini-Wisconsin game and root...
Posted on Mar 01, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024 Friday of the second week of Lent (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) On Wisconsin, plunge right through that line! For just a few days I’ll be heading out to the old country. Madison and Poynette, Lake Wisconsin and Devil’s Head, Milwaukee, Racine and Valparaiso. Old haunts...
Posted on Feb 29, 2024
Haiku for every day of February 2024 February 1 Heading home, from home Hello sunshine, goodbye to All that ice and snow February 2 My long day’s journey Out of Arkadelphia Landing in Texas February 3 Boys’ sleepover day DQ, tent, a little Star Wars They will sleep like rocks February...
Posted on Feb 29, 2024
Complete list of February 2024 Daily Devotions with links ebruary 1 Thursday, on the road again February 2 Friday, re-entering the state of Texas February 3 Happy hour at the Dairy Queen in Waco February 4 Warm and cozy February 5 Sunday afternoon at the ER February 6 Approaching the bowels of the giant...
Posted on Feb 29, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) I now pronounce you man and wife Blessed is the man and women who trust in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord, for they are like trees planted beside the waters, stretching out their roots to the stream. At Danville...
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...
Posted on Feb 27, 2024
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...
Posted on Feb 26, 2024
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...
