57: David Taylor on Psalms for a Pandemic

In this first episode of Season 4 on Living Faithfully in an Upside-Down World, David Taylor and I talk about the language of the Psalms and how they can help chart the way forward for Christians living now — in a pandemic, in an election year, with polarizing tensions, racial violence, inequality and more swirling around us.

Find language, practices, and habits to root you now.

LINKS

David Taylor’s book, Open and Unafraid: https://amzn.to/3hfwtPk

David’s website: http://artspastor.blogspot.com/

Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wdavidotaylor

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The Psalms give us edited language for our unedited emotions, and permission to say certain things to God. @wdavidotaylor

The Psalms remind us: Be a mess but do so before the face of God. @wdavidotaylor

ONE SMALL STEP

Grab one other person and read through the same psalm a day for a week. Ask a daily question: What is one thing that caught your attention? The next day, follow up on that question with your person. Commit to read daily, connect somehow, and pray.

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