Reflections from the Psalm Festival
This past Saturday night I worshiped God in every style imaginable. I was stretched to sing words that I might not have meant at the time in styles that were unfamiliar and, at times, quite uncomfortable. I was forced to resonate with people of other times and places as I stumbled through new languages and music. I spoke and heard words that I did not always fully mean, and listened to the difficult words of Psalm 88. At the same time, the Holy Spirit enlarged my vision for the church, and I became more acutely aware of what it means to be a child of God within the community of the church. I heard, in the words of Walter Brueggemann, “the Gospel in a nutshell."* I found myself in familiar territory, speaking to and about God using the language of God.
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