Thursday, May 26, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 140 God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and [...]
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 139 God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I’m an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I’m never out of your sight. You know [...]
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 138 Thank you! Everything in me says “Thank you!” Angels listen as I sing my thanks. I kneel in worship facing your holy temple and say it again: “Thank you!” Thank you for your love, thank you for your faithfulness; Most holy is [...]
Sunday, May 23, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes LancasterPsalm 137Alongside Babylon’s riverswe sat on the banks; we cried and cried,remembering the good old days in Zion.Alongside the quaking aspenswe stacked our unplayed harps;That’s where our captors demanded songs,sarcastic and mocking:“Sing us a happy Zion song!”Oh, how could we ever sing God’s songin this wasteland?Praying [...]
Sunday, May 22, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 136 Thank God! God deserves your thanks. God’s love never quits. Thank the God of all gods, God’s love never quits. Thank the Lord of all lords. God’s love never quits. Thank the miracle-working God, God’s love never quits. The God whose skill formed [...]
Saturday, May 21, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 135 Hallelujah! Praise the name of God, praise the works of God. All you priests on duty in God’s temple, serving in the sacred halls of our God, Shout “Hallelujah!” because God’s so good, sing anthems to the beautiful name of the divine. [...]
Friday, May 20, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 134 Come, bless God, all you servants of God! You priests of God, posted to the nightwatch in God’s shrine, Lift your praising hands to the Holy Place, and bless God. In turn, may God of Zion bless you— God who made heaven [...]
Thursday, May 19, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 133 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It’s like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron’s beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes. It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes [...]
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 132 O God, remember David, remember all his troubles! And remember how he promised God, made a vow to the Strong God of Jacob, “I’m not going home, and I’m not going to bed, I’m not going to sleep, not even take time [...]
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Psalm 131 God, I’m not trying to rule the roost, I don’t want to be monarch of the mountain. I haven’t meddled where I have no business or fantasized grandiose plans. I’ve kept my feet on the ground, I’ve cultivated a quiet heart. Like [...]