A Psalm for Alzheimer’s
Last week, my friend Darlene and I traveled to California for our friend Ruth’s 60th birthday. It was a lovely trip. We had a great time together. But Ruth has…
Category: Praying with the Psalmists
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Lamenting Leukemia – Again
Last week, I wrote a Lament for a Leak. This week I got much worse news, so it’s time to write a Lament for Leukemia. Except wait — I already…
Lament for a Leak
I’m upset over something that happened yesterday. And I feel stupid for being so upset. The something is that in a rainstorm, I discovered my bedroom window is leaking badly.…
Thoughts on Trust and Shame
Several seemingly disparate things came together this weekend, and they all got me thinking about Trust – and Shame. 1) First, before the weekend, I’d been thinking it was time…
Happy Ending Psalm
This week, we’re covering Messianic Psalms – Psalms about how the Anointed One will come and make all things right. Since I don’t claim to be able to prophesy, but…
Creation Hymn – Knowing my Quirks
This week my church small group is looking at Chapter 8 of my Psalms book — Creation Hymns. So again, I’m going to try to write one. Not a polished…
Thanksgiving Among the Bluebells
This week my church small group, which is going through my not-yet-published book Praying with the Psalmists, is covering Thanksgiving Psalms. My whole point in the book is that we…
A Lament for Leukemia
This week, my small group is covering the chapter from my not-yet-published book Praying with the Psalmists about Thanksgiving Psalms. Since I want them to try praying their own thanksgiving…
Psalms of Confession
I’ve written a book called Praying with the Psalmists, and I’m going through it with my church small group. The basic idea is to look at ten types of Psalms…
Praying with the Psalmists
My pandemic project was writing a book about Psalms, and now the main work of writing it is finished. The book is about looking at the ten types of Psalms…