Psalms Blog

This blog is authored by Garth, a retired pastor of our church. He started the blog while still working and produced blogs for Psalms 1 thru 79. He has volunteered to continue providing (try) weekly blogs on the Psalms as his time allows. We accept, with sincere thanks, his contribution of these writings to our website. Here is his introduction, from September 8, 2021, to this series of blogs on the psalms. Psalms

The whole series can be found in the Blog Archive, under the Blogs tab on the main menu above.

April 15th

Psalm 143

Psalm 143 is the final of the great penitential psalms – psalms the church has set aside to weigh the gravity of our brokenness and set our minds on the immense mercy of God.

April 8th

Psalm 142

^1-2I cry out loudly to God,
loudly I plead with God for mercy.
I spill out all my complaints before him,
and spell out my troubles in detail:

April 1st

Psalm 141

This prayer is traditionally the evening prayer at many monasteries. This prayer is an ‘evening sacrifice’ of the believer’s faith, concerns, and trust in God.

March 24th

Psalm 140

Perhaps not surprisingly, the best place to buy a bullet-proof vest is in Bogota, Colombia. Two students at the local university noticed that bodyguards didn’t wear their bullet-proof vests because they were too cumbersome.