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The Poetry of Astonishment: Preaching the Psalms
Ellen Davis
Calvin Symposium on Worship 2007

This session took the Psalms as a case study for considering what it means for the preacher, first, and then the congregation, to be astonished by the biblical text. Is astonishment a faithful response to the text, and to God? How might this ancient poetry be surprising, and therefore revelatory, to those who hear it in our contemporary contexts? What sort of preparation is necessary for the preacher who wishes to engage the Psalms as poetry?

. Audio of this presentation	13.7 MB	29:57	Listen
. Audio of discussion	13.9 MB	30:34	Listen