Category Archives: Psalms

Pastoral problems have liturgical solutions. The Psalms are often cited as the source-book for pastoral care, as the Pastor’s best resource for ministering to those in need due to bereavement, loss, depression, spiritual dryness, guilt, persecution, illness etc. Which makes … Continue reading →

Is it fair to say that the psalms were put in scripture more with a view to our praying them than with a view to our studying them? Of course, we’d have to be talking about degrees, and about ordering … Continue reading →

I’m preaching on Psalm 129 this weekend and I’ve found this essay on the ‘people as plants’ metaphor in the Psalter pretty stimulating (thanks Ros). Writing about the way that kind of metaphor is employed in Psalm 144:12, Ros says … Continue reading →