Spiritual

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)

Sunday Week 4 of Lent March 30, 2025 Luke 15: Today I’d like you to read the parable of the Prodigal Son four times. 1st be the son who takes half and leaves. Ponder how you feel—proud, sorry. Then be the father. Ponder how you feel—sad, anxious, loving. Then be the faithful son. Ponder how you

Saturday Week 3 of Lent March 29, 2025 Luke 18:14: “…for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled.” Everyone is talented in some way or the other. Talents are God-given gifts to be used to better the world. Not to use a gift is sinful, akin to hoarding. Yet self-aggrandizement, calling attention to what we’ve

Friday Week 3 of Lent March 28, 2025 Psalm 81 says; “I am the Lord your God, Hear my voice.” In today’s Gospel from Mark, Jesus quotes from the Shema Yisrael; “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is Lord alone!” As a nation, I fear that we have stopped listening. Not only to God’s

Thursday Week 3 of Lent March 27, 2025 Jeremiah: “They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs…to me.” The prophet, Jeremiah, could have been talking about the pseudo–God-fearing GOP (Greed Over People) who only appears to pay lip service. Would Jesus defund Medicare, stop reforestation projects, fire hard working family

Wednesday Week 3 of Lent March 26, 2025 Deuteronomy: “This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.” Really? Does the rest of the world think that of the US? How could a wise and intelligent people elect such a corrupt and venal leader? What can people with a conscience do to mitigate the