FAMILY MATTERS

Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord;   I have no good apart from you.’You show me the path of life.   In your presence there is fullness of joy;   in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.[Psalm 16:1, 16 NRSV] I’ve been struggling with aContinue reading "FAMILY MATTERS"

KRISTALLNACHT

Your foes have roared within your holy place;   they set up their emblems there.At the upper entrance they hacked   the wooden trellis with axes.And then, with hatchets and hammers,   they smashed all its carved work.They set your sanctuary on fire;   they desecrated the dwelling-place of your name,   bringing it to the ground.They said to themselves,Continue reading "KRISTALLNACHT"

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, weContinue reading "READING MY WAY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC"