Spiritual

Wednesday Week 5 of Lent April 9, 2025 John: “The truth will set you free,” says the author of John’s Gospel. But what is truth? Would we know it if we saw or heard it? We, all too often, live in our own little silos, divided into ‘them verses us’. ‘We know the truth, they […]

Tuesday Week 5 of Lent April 8, 2025 Exodus: The Israelites were sick and tired of manna. Day in and day out all they ate was manna. It was a miracle but tiresome in its sameness. Routines can become boring, feeling like being stuck in a rut. How to get out? Become an activist! Volunteer

Monday Week 5 of Lent April 7, 2025 Psalm 23 is probably the most familiar of all 150 psalms. “The Lord is my shepherd.” Our Good Shepherd promises quiet repose by restful waters. There we will be refreshed from our daily tasks. Where can we find these quiet places in our lives? We are bombarded

Sunday Week 5 of Lent April 6, 2025 John: Why is it always women who must take the blame and suffer the consequences? The woman caught “in the very act of committing adultery” was made to stand before Jesus and the crowd alone. All alone. Where was the man? Society lays heavy burdens on women—then

Saturday Week 4 of Lent April 5, 2024 John’s Gospel for today, shows us how people are judged even before they open their mouths because of where they are from, their background, their social status. If they are different, we don’t trust or like then. “Can anyone from there be any good?” “He goes to

Friday Week 4 of Lent April 4, 2025 Wisdom: “…let us beset the just one because he is obnoxious to us.” No one wants their faults pointed out, to have the flaws of a program or idea broad cast. But it makes us better and wiser to have that done to us in s loving

Thursday Week 4 of Lent April 3, 2025 Exodus: The Israelites made and then worshiped a golden calf. A glittering statue. We scoff at that thinking “how could they do that?” So easily. Golden idols abound. Believe the lies because it is easier than finding the real truth. Follow a charismatic flim-flam man because he

Wednesday Week 4 of Lent April 2, 2025 Isaiah always manages to cut to the heart of things. The author asks, “Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb?” Can a nation be without tenderness for its citizens? Looks like the answer is YES. How can leadership forget

Tuesday Week 4 of Lent April 1, 2025 Ezekiel saw a vision of water flowing from the temple—giving life along its course. We cannot survive without water. Our bodies are over 90% water. It is essential. But to be life-giving it must be clean. EPA standards must not be weakened, factories must not pollute our

Monday Week 4 of Lent March 31, 2025 Isaiah the prophet foretells a time when all will be new—no weeping, no sickness, shelter and food aplenty. Can we even imagine that? We have, or had, the capacity to make it a reality. In a country like ours, there is no reason (other than pure greed)