Psalms – Recorded
About twenty years ago I made these recordings of some of the Psalms for someone who was going through a very rough time. I also shared them with my spiritual director, who then gave them to many of her other directees over time. She told me that she thought there was an “anointing” on them, […]
Psalm 139
1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know […]
Psalm 104
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul!O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, […]
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous […]
Psalm 84
1 How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts!2 My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.3 Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O […]
Psalm 65
1 Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion; And to You the vow shall be performed.2 O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.3 Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them.4 Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he […]
Psalm 63
1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You;My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for YouIn a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My […]
Psalm 62
1 Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my [a]defense; I shall not be greatly moved.3 How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.4 They only […]
Psalm 45
1 My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.2 You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.3 Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, With […]
Psalm 42
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”4 When I […]
Psalm 32
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.4 For day and night Your hand was heavy […]
Psalm 27
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?2 When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh,My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.3 Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not […]
The Stations of the Cross (online)
Introduction In the Passion, Jesus laid bare the way that God’s children have used the death of the innocent to distance themselves from their own dependence on violence. By removing the scales from our eyes, Jesus has broken forever the power of violence in our lives. We will never again be able to convince ourselves […]
Worship – The Redemption of Desire
(This paper is probably more easily read in a PDF format. Here’s A Link to the PDF.) Ever since Michael and I started Preaching Peace, we have struggled with the desire (pun intended) to make what we do practical, to help what we’ve learned in and through the study of Rene Girard’s “Mimetic Theory” to […]
The Stations of the Cross – A Meditation on the Heart of the Father (online)
Introduction I’ve been “doing” the Stations of the Cross for 30 years in different settings. The first sets of Stations I encountered made me sad for Jesus. I cringed as I witnessed His suffering along The Way of the Cross. That just didn’t do it for me. I wanted something more, but I didn’t know […]
The Stations of the Cross
Over the course of my career as an Episcopal priest I have found myself discontented with the versions of the Stations of the Cross that I knew and used during Lent. Early on I found a set of Stations written by a friend, a Roman Catholic priest that felt “better” and used them for a […]
