Devotionals
November 4th, 2020 Daily Devotional
What a day to arrive at our final Psalm. We began our journey through the Psalms on May 11th and our daily devotional journey on March...
November 3, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 147:3 "God heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds." Tomorrow is All Saints' Day. So many this year are mourning the...
October 31, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 147:3 "God heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds." Tomorrow is All Saints' Day. So many this year are mourning the...
October 30, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 146 describes God as the one who... "...keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry....
October 29, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. In times when so many people...
October 28, 2020 Daily Devotional
The opening verses of Psalm 144 say... 1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2 my rock...
October 27, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 143:8 "Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust." I woke up this morning, after an evening that...
October 24, 2020 Daily Devotional
Friends, let's first stop and acknowledge that today we move into the final ten psalms of the book of Psalms. If you've been following...
October 23, 2020 Daily Devotional
“I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor.” On this Friday evening, let us pray this...
October 21, 2020 Daily Devotional
"On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul." 138: 3 Friends, take a moment this evening to listen to these...
October 20, 2020 Daily Devotional
Scholar J. Clinton McCann says this about Psalm 137: "One thing it teaches us...is the lesson that in extreme situations, grief and anger...
October 19, 2020 Daily Devotional
“...his steadfast love endures forever...” This phrase appears 26 times in Psalm 136. I have always loved that this phrase uses the word...
October 17, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 135 warns us about the idols we make for ourselves, and the way that they dehumanize us and contradict the life that comes from...
October 16, 2020 Daily Devotional
I set this Psalm to pop up in the night. While many of us sleep, who are those who are keeping watch over us? What gifts can the night...
October 15, 2020 Daily Devotional
Two Sundays ago, when we celebrated World Communion Sunday, we sang a hymn from Argentina based on Psalm 133 called "O Look and Wonder...
October 14, 200 Daily Devotional
Maybe it is the time of day that I read today's Psalm, but I am drawn to the two words "resting place". Where is your resting place in...
October 13, 2020 Daily Devotional
I am cherishing this lovely little psalm tonight. I don't know that I've ever stopped and lingered on Psalm 131 before. So it comes to me...
October 12, 2020 Daily Devotional
May this gift of song from Taize, paired with Psalm 130, draw you deeper into God’s presence this morning. 1 Out of the depths I cry to...
October 10, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 129 is one of the Psalms of Ascent, likely recited on pilgrimages to Jerusalem. So I invite you to read it alongside this Pilgrim's...
October 8, 2020 Daily Devotional
I'm drawn today to this phrase in the third verse of Psalm 127: "for he gives sleep to his beloved." (NRSV translation) I think we all...
October 7, 2020 Daily Devotional
Right after I read today's Psalm, I saw this video posted of friend of mine singing. They (The Rev. Meredith Cox) are singing these...
October 6, 2020 Daily Devotional
May this sung rendition of Psalm 125 bring you peace tonight. Psalm 125 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot...
October 5, 2020 Daily Devotional
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord and we help others in the...
October 3, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 122:1 "I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord!'” Oh, I LOVE this Psalm. Maybe it's because I grew up...
October 1, 2020 Daily Devotional
It is the first day of October, and the Psalms have given us a gift at the start of this month: Psalm 121. We all likely have some...
September 30, 2020 Daily Devotional
As I have sat with Psalm 120 the final verse keeps ringing in my mind, “I’m for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.” In my minds...
September 29, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 119 is a long one, with twenty-two eight-verse segments. In the original Hebrew, each segment begins with a letter of the Hebrew...
September 28, 2020 Daily Devotional
The opening and closing verses of Psalm 118 are the same: "O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures...
September 26, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 117 is the shortest psalm (just two verses!), but it makes big claims about who God is (worthy of praise, steadfast in love,...
September 25, 2020 Daily Devotional
On this Friday evening, I encourage you to find a quiet space to say these evening words of liturgy from the Iona Community and conclude...
September 23, 2020 Daily Devotional
"When Israel came out of Egypt— when the house of Jacob came out from a people who spoke a different language.." Psalm 114: 1 "A...
September 22, 2020 Daily Devotional
J. Clinton McCann notes that Psalm 113 is similar to the Song of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2:1-11 and Mary's song (the Magnificat) in Luke...
September 21, 2020 Daily Devotional
"Their hearts are steady, they will not be afraid..." In the midst of so much uncertainty and disorientation and threat to our...
September 19, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 111:5b: "God is ever mindful of God's covenant." In scripture, God's covenant is established without our deserving--a promise made...
September 18, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 110, a "royal" psalm, establishes two functions for the king: ruler and priest. It is the most frequently quoted psalm in the New...
September 17, 2020 Daily Devotional
Commentator J. Clinton McCann describes Psalm 109 as "a submission to God of rage, hurt, and demand for justice." He says further: "The...
September 16, 2020 Daily Devotional
Scholars point out that Psalm 108 is a combination of verses from two earlier Psalms: Psalm 57 and Psalm 60. In other words, Psalm 108...
September 15, 2020 Daily Devotional
For today's time of devotion, let's read Psalm 107 in conversation with yesterday's news. vv. 4-7, 35-43 "Some wandered in desert wastes,...
September 14, 2020 Daily Devotional
Our Psalm today is Psalm 106. I came across this recording of the Psalm sung in Hebrew and Arabic. May it help you encounter the song and...
September 12, 2020 Daily Devotional
"Remember the wonderful works God has done..." Take a moment today to read the Psalmist's account of God's history, faithfulness, and...
September 11, 2020 Daily Devotional
Friends, join me in reading Psalm 104 and praying the pastoral prayer below. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very...
September 9, 2020 Daily Devotional
May this beautiful rendition of this Psalm speak to your spirit today. These words of honesty and of faith are an example for us all....
September 8, 2020 Daily Devotional
Psalm 101 1 I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing. 2 I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I...