Psalm

Commentary on Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

In America, the relationship between political leadership and faith matters [...]

Commentary on Psalm 148

A lot of praising has been going on before we get to the 148th Psalm, and now we [...]

Commentary on Psalm 98

The Christmas season always seems like a time to sing the good old songs. Each year I [...]

Commentary on Psalm 96

Is it too idealistic to think that Christmas Eve is one of those times when so many [...]

Commentary on Psalm 71:1-6

Despite the limited number of verses included from this psalm in the lectionary, Psalm 71 [...]

Commentary on Psalm 19

Some scholars rather rashly declare Psalm 19 to be not one but two distinct Psalms, one on [...]

Commentary on Psalm 30

Psalm 30 frames the struggles of the life of faith within a glorious edifice: the Jerusalem Temple, [...]

Commentary on Psalm 46

As always, preaching for a festival of the church brings competing goods: Do we preach the text [...]

Commentary on Psalm 148

Praise songs for Christmas! God forbid? In the so-called “worship wars,” traditionalists have been heard to grumble [...]

Commentary on Psalm 97

On Christmas Day, when families in pajamas unwrap gifts under their trees, monks in monasteries all around [...]