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REDEMPTION SONGS, A 21ST CENTURY DESCANT ON THE PSALMS
| REDEMPTION SONGS, A 21ST CENTURY DESCANT ON THE PSALMS by Rev. Dr. Mary Susan Gast, Conference Minister |
PSALMS OF THE SEASON - PENTECOST, YEAR B
PSALMS OF THE SEASON - PENTECOST, YEAR B (2009) |
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF LENT
MARCH 19
John 12: 2-3
Mary took a pound of costly perfume
Made of pure nard,
Anointed Jesus’ feet,
And wiped them with her hair.
Costly oil.
Extravagant oil.
Lavish as the oil
Of salvation,
Healing as the
Balm of Gilead.read more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF LENT
MARCH 18
Isaiah 43: 19b
Into the parched high noons of our lives,
Where crisis builds on crisis,
Where there is no reserve from which
We can
Draw;
Into the deserts where we wander,
Unguided, uninspired, unprepared,
God-forsaken in the badlands,read more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF LENT
MARCH 17
John 12: 8
You always have the poor with you,
But you do not always have me.
Not just the working poor,
But the begging poor,
The wanderers,
The foreigners,
The aliens,
The alienated,
Those who are not secured
By any form of family ties,
Nor anchored
During any blastread more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF LENT
MARCH 16
Philippians 3: 4b-9
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh,
I have more.
My credentials are impeccable,
Among those who rate
Righteousness
On the scale of unimpeachable heredity
And gauge godliness
On the degree of meticulous adherence toread more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF LENT
MARCH 15
Psalm 126: 4-5
Restore our well-being now, O God Most High,
As You restore the streams in the desert.
May those who sow in tears
Reap with songs of joy.
Torn with tears,
Rent with sorrow,
Nonetheless
We plant,
For tomorrows
Yet unconceived,read more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF LENT
MARCH 13
II Corinthians 5: 16
We don’t evaluate people by what they have
Or how they look.
We looked at the Messiah that way once
And got it all wrong…
Oh yeah.
We blew it big time.
Promise us a savior,read more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF LENT
MARCH 12
II Corinthians 5: 18
Fatigued,
Unable to absorb
Even one more
Shock,
Overburdened muscles misalign,
Bone splinters,
In stress fracture.
Fatigued,
Unable to absorb
Even one more
Shock,
Overburdened hearts misalign,
Self snaps,read more...
Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times
TWENTIETH DAY OF LENT
MARCH 11
Joshua 5: 9a
II Corinthians 5: 17
Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.
Whatever the name of the land of your slavery,
Whatever the state of your soul,
The storm clouds of humiliation,
The towering, threatening, cumulonimbi
Of shame
Have whirled away,read more...
