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Psalm 1 is a wisdom psalm that serves as the preface to the psalter, sharing literary and theological relationship with the Torah.1 Torah–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—is traditionally translated as the “law” (...)

The knowledge of the risen and ascended Jesus involves more than adopting a baseless belief in an assortment of factoids about a mythical Messiah who makes his grand exit from earth by floating away into (...)

Psalm 47 is a hymn that celebrates God’s reign as king over the earth.1 The psalm also portrays a procession for the purpose of celebrating God’s kingship. This is most evident in the declaration that (...)

Psalm 98 is the fifth psalm in a group of six psalms in Book Four of the Psalter known as the Enthronement Psalms (Psalms 93, 95-99).1 The Enthronement Psalms celebrate the reign of God as (...)

Anne Lamott has famously said, “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and (...)

Psalm 22 is a prayer of complaint that, perhaps more than any psalm, serves as a link between the Old Testament and the story of Jesus’ passion.1 Indeed, this psalm is an appropriate lectionary reading (...)

In the Gospel of Luke, the most common title used for Jesus is kyrios, “Lord.” This did not necessarily imply divinity at the time; slavemasters and heads of households were also called kyrios. Jesus’ lordship, (...)

Psalm 118 is the psalm of psalms for the Easter season.1 The early church found in Psalm 118 the words of Jesus who remembered his suffering and persecution during Holy Week and who gave thanks (...)

Psalm 31 is one of three psalms that appear prominently in the story of Jesus’ passion.1 For the Gospel writers this psalm, along with Psalms 22 and 69, seems to have expressed better than any (...)

First there is a blinding flash of light and then the thunderous sound of God speaking. It’s the story of the Transfiguration, right? Yes. But it is also the beginning of Psalm 50. A festival (...)