Whether they are real tears or not, we all have those moments when we wonder if there is anyone to listen. We wonder if we will be left alone to stumble through life or if someone will come to our side and walk with us. This poem was my way of sorting out the main question in Psalm 6. Read more
Psalm 6: How long…?
It doesn’t matter where I am or what I am doing, when I look at the people around me I wonder which version of the psalmist’s question they are asking. I saw an elderly lady in the part of town people might call “the other side of the tracks” leaning […] Read more
Psalm 5: In Praise of Being Heard
There have been many times when I felt that a great injustice has occurred, either to myself or to someone else. Often times, however, the “great injustice” is really just me being a soft and selfish person. But there are times when something truly painful and unjust occurs. Nonetheless, in […] Read more
Psalm 3: Awaiting Grace
Most people I know have found themselves in the midst of a great trial in life and wondering if there ever will be a way out. We wonder who will come to our aid and bring us back into the community? Read more
Psalm 4: Trusting in the Silence
I’ve often wondered how to be angry and yet not sin because it seems that most anger is self-seeking. For instance, I become angry when I don’t get my way, when someone cuts me off on the road, or when I stub my toe on a piece of furniture that […] Read more
Psalm 3: What, Me Worry?
There have been times when I’ve been overwhelmed by sin to such a degree that I wondered if God’s infinite grace could ever overcome my endless ability to sin or if it could purge the dark depths of my depraved soul. I realize this isn’t a great mindset, but if […] Read more
Psalm 2: Fight of Futility
It is easy for me to read Psalm 2 and think it is written about other people, about those who rage against God. But one of the supreme ironies of scripture, for me at least, is that in those moments when I think a passage is about someone else, I find that it is about me. Read more
Psalm 2: Responding to The King
I know that Psalm 2 is commonly referred to as a royal psalm. I know it was likely used at the coronation of a new king in Jerusalem. I also know that it in some way prophesies about Jesus, the Anointed one, as The King that will someday judge the […] Read more
The Psalms: My Question
I’ve often wondered if something was wrong with me in that I asked so many questions of God and his word, until I realized that the Psalms are full of questions from many of God’s servants. This poem was my way of wrestling with this fact. Read more
Psalm 1: Trees of Life
The following poem is my response to the imagery of the tree in Psalm 1 and how it may be conceptually related to other trees that are found throughout scripture. Read more