While these posts can stand on their own, they are meant to be read after reading the particular psalm associated with it. I would encourage you to read the appropriate psalm and then read this post. I’d love to hear your thoughts as well. Read more
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Chains of Longing: Psalm 42
This poem is taken from my book A New Song, (Westbow Press, 2016) and can be found online HERE. Read more
Psalm 42: Remembering God’s Goodness
With the words, “As the deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God” Book II of the Psalms begins. Many of us also know these words as part of the popular worship song As The Deer, which even now as I’m writing this, is playing […] Read more
Sonnet 41
This poem is taken from my book A New Song, (Westbow Press, 2016) and can be found online HERE. Read more
Psalm 41: To Be Blessed
One of the lessons I’ve learned while studying scripture is to pay attention to the frequency of words being used. Most of the time, the frequent occurrence of a specific word in a passage probably indicates I should focus my attention on that word and it’s usage. But there are […] Read more
A New Song: Psalm 40
This poem is taken from my book A New Song, (Westbow Press, 2016) and can be found online HERE. Read more
Psalm 40: Are We Alone?
One of my favorite movies is Shadowlands, a story about C.S. Lewis and his life with Joy Davidman. In a somewhat inconsequential scene, we find Lewis talking to a student who had stolen a book, and in the midst of the conversation the student says “we read to know we’re […] Read more
Life’s Long Grind: Psalm 39
This poem is taken from my book A New Song, (Westbow Press, 2016) and can be found online HERE. Read more