Praying The Psalms (Eugene Peterson)

“the Psalms train us to pray with others who have prayed, and are still praying. They put our knees on the level with other bent knees; they lift our hands in concert with other lifted hands. In the Psalms we join our voices in lament and praise with other voices who weep and laugh. The primary use of prayer, as the Psalter sees it, is not for expressing ourselves but in becoming ourselves, and we cannot do that alone. In praying the Psalms with others, then, we learn to become more and more ourselves in the company of the faithful…

What we find in the Psalms is a gritty, no-nonsense honesty, which is why the Psalms are not pretty. They’re not nice, but they’re honest.”(1)

Throughout the centuries, across denominations, continents, and cultures, the people of God have routinely found life in praying through the Psalms. Join us Wednesday mornings as we corporately sit with God in the wrestling, lamenting, adoring, interceding, hoping, thanksgiving… of The Psalms.

Taylor, W. David O., and Eugene Peterson. 2020. Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. (1)