desiring God … listening, waiting
Posted on Jan 31, 2024
Haiku for every day of January 2024 January 1 This year I’m thankful For just one day at a time See what happens next January 2 Don, George, John, Dave, Mike Shannon, Sheryl, Susan, Shawn Mike, Diane, John, Pam January 3 Jim, Ken, John, David Chris, Marc, Andi, Margaret Brent, Neal, Armando...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Fill my empty places David’s prophet Gad went to David and reported what the Lord God had said. “I offer you three alternatives; choose one of them, and I will inflict it on you.” Gad...
Posted on Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Christmas fades away into February I know, but today I also feel that tomorrow is the last day of January. And in that ending I also feel the receding of Advent and of Christmas 2023. All those Christmases. Looking around upstairs...
Monday, January 29, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Mutts and more Sitting in my Urbana study with my blue NY ball cap on (because it’s cold up there where there’s not much hair), an imaginary breeze breaks through my window from the dark, and I am grateful for the...
Posted on Jan 28, 2024
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 28, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Before the word “before” even made sense “Turn that off,” my friend said. I was listening to the radio broadcast of Illinois basketball vs. Indiana while it was playing on his TV. The radio broadcast was 45...
Posted on Jan 27, 2024
Saturday, January 27, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Following your path from failure to forgiveness The Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to David, “Judge this case for me!” David heard and spoke, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves death!” And Nathan looked...
Friday, January 26, 2024 Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Passing it on To my dear child, I am grateful to God as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. I yearn to see you again, so that I may be...
Thursday, January 25, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Thursday off the highway The weather outside was frightful, but inside my newly repaired Prius it was so delightful. Still, it took longer to get to Illinois, and so once more tonight I’m going back a year to share a devotion....
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Wednesday on the highway I’ll be traveling today. Here’s a link to the devotion from January 24, 2023. (2 Samuel 7, Psalm 89, Mark 4) (posted at www.davesandel.net) #...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Tuesday on the highway I’ll be traveling Tuesday and Wednesday. Here’s a link to the devotion from January 23, 2023: (2 Samuel 6, Psalm 24, Matthew 11, Mark 3) (posted at www.davesandel.net) #...
