desiring God … listening, waiting
Posted on Oct 31, 2023
Haiku for every day of October 2023 October 1 Church in Mahomet Coffee, music, preaching, prayer Saw lots of good friends October 2 Sam says we’re ready Oil change before we leave Time to pack the car October 3 A big trip like this Marc and me for fifteen days Just the two...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 The Vigil of All Saints Day All Hallows Eve (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Unsolved mysteries At Costco yesterday we saw checkers with spiders in their hair and strange orange glasses on their eyes. At Trader Joes my checker Luke was dressed in a trenchcoat and...
Posted on Oct 30, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) We are asking the wrong question The question is not whether God Hears our prayers, But rather whether we Hear God’s prayers for us. – Clarence Heller Which is why the Pharisees got it so wrong so often, and why we...
Posted on Oct 29, 2023
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 29, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A great moment for Bartimaeus I can get busy quick. Back from a trip, stuff to put away, grandkids to hang out with, stories to share with Margaret, church activities, and then there are the little business...
Posted on Oct 28, 2023
Saturday, October 28, 2023 Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Consider the flowers in the field Brothers and sisters, you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God. Give me a mansion just over the hilltop, filled with...
Friday, October 27, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Walking through the trees I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I find this law at work: although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. Awful things happen to...
Posted on Oct 26, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Just a few more days in Canada Blessed is the man who delights in the law of the Lord day and night. We could have gone anywhere for dinner. But how could we resist the Catch 22 Lobster Bar, not far...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) No devotion today … Although here I am, at 9:50 pm sitting at my Austin computer in Margaret’s desk chair since mine broke into two pieces before we left. In Arkansas and Oklahoma I drove through unexpectedly beautiful national forests today...
I miss writing! Traveling is wonderful until it isn’t. Through the Missouri woods, home Thursday. Blessings! Dave...
Posted on Oct 23, 2023
Monday October 23, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Meet the people of Prince Edward Island We crossed Confederation Bridge, the world’s longest bridge over ice-covered waters, which would require a toll of $50 to cross back to the mainland. Prince Edward Island beckoned. “And remember, you only pay the...
