desiring God … listening, waiting
Saturday, July 1, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) We have guests Some stories in the bible lend themselves to the Ignatian way of meditation, which is to use your imagination to live within the story, sort as yourself, sort of as a bible character, just playing it by ear,...
Posted on Jun 30, 2023
Haiku for every day of June 2023 June 1 Leave Port Aransas Stopped at New Braunfels Krause Cafe Hofbrau and sausage June 2 Buddy’s Place with Marc Jam session – Austin music Free to be just me June 3 Swim in the morning Afternoon will come to you Be happy, feel free...
Posted on Jun 30, 2023
Complete list of June 2023 Daily Devotions with links June 1 Psalm 39, Mark 10 and me June 2 Back from the sandy beach June 3 Oh, no, don’t let the rain come down June 4 God so loved the world June 5 Learning to be larger than life June 6 The waiting...
Friday, June 30, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Storm You who fear the Lord, you who walk in his ways, you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork. Blessed shall you be and favored. Outside my picture window they say the wind is blowing 80 miles per hour. The...
Posted on Jun 29, 2023
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Up in the air with the saints Peter looked intently at the crippled man and said, “Look at us.” Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give...
Posted on Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Livestock and birds and me, all for the Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars. Just so shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith...
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Playing in God’s throne room Abram was very rich, as was Lot. Their herdsmen fought because they needed more land. Lot chose the whole Jordan plain, and Abram stayed in the land of Canaan. This is just the beginning of the...
Posted on Jun 26, 2023
Monday, June 26, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Listening for the words of Job Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield. May your kindness, O God, be upon us who have put our hope in you. At the Joplin Super 8, I read...
Posted on Jun 25, 2023
Sunday, June 25, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) All us grandkids of every age Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Yeah, this week I saw all four grandkids and my oldest aunt, and...
Posted on Jun 24, 2023
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Another bit of physical difficulty They tell me I have a pulmonary embolism. That means I have a blood clot settled in my lung, which could move and cause some problems. On...
