David Sandel

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  While I’m traveling, here are the readings and a devotion from January 29, 2022 … Nathan confronts David THOU ART THE MAN! And David knew it was true. He had buried his shame, but that would not do. He heard Nathan’s...

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Family Looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister...

Monday, January 27, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The Shack Christ is mediator of a new covenant: since a death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance. Christ entered heaven, that he might now appear...

Sunday, January 26, 2025 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Embodied scripture My spiritual director Deb talked about the Examen on Friday. I shared my experiences with what I call antidotes to stinkin’ thinkin’, to monkey mind, to thoughts that fly around my brain like addled...

Saturday, January 25, 2025 Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Singing Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Years ago at Christmas Chris and a few of his wacky West Side Christian buddies descended on White Oaks Mall...

Friday, January 24, 2025 Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) While I’m traveling, here are the readings and a devotion from January 24, 2022 … Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth David was thirty years old...

Thursday, January 23, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) While I’m traveling, here are the readings and a devotion from January 23, 2022 … Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart Three readings for Sunday plus a psalm. Three stanzas of a poem, plus a...

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Three questions May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. From Plough Magazine, a story...

Monday, January 20, 2025 Martin Luther King Day in USA (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Community first! He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness. No one takes this “priesthood” upon himself but only when called by God. Just down...