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READING MY WAY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me.Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.Psalm 71:1-3 NRSV By my calculations, weContinueContinue reading “READING MY WAY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC”

EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them.In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,and their departure was thought to be a disaster,and their going from us to be their destruction;but they are at peace.For though in the sight of others theyContinueContinue reading “EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS”

TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS

We live at best to be seventy years old, maybe eighty, if we’re strong.But their duration brings hard work and trouble because they go by so quickly. And then we fly off.Teach us to number our days so we can have a wise heart.[Psalm 90:10, 12 Common English Bible] Each year on my birthday (October 31 – YES! IContinueContinue reading “TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS”