Category Archives: Songs along the way

We’ve been given a song book to sing from. The Psalms have it all, joy, frustration, despair, longing, crying, laughing, celebration, awe, wonder and more. Each week we’ll be exploring a song from the hymnal together.

Joy

This is just about the saddest, most beautiful song in my world right now. Listen to the video- if you want to skip to the song rather than listen to the intro just forward it on to about 4 min … Continue reading

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Psalm 113

Back to the Psalms. Right then. (I did write this back in September when it was a shiny new month and I was full of resolve and purpose. And then events took over and strangely it is October already.  Excuses … Continue reading

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Psalm 112

What does it mean to live a good life? Read Psalm 112 here. This is another one of those tricky to negotiate Psalms, the righteous vs the wicked, the kind of polarization that leaves us squirming a bit in our … Continue reading

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Psalm 111

Read Psalm 111 here. I find it very easy for my mind to slip through this Psalm without it stopping at any connecting points. As I skim down the passage my brain takes in the big concepts with almost too … Continue reading

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Friday

“A murderer they save, the prince of life they slay.” “Guilty vile and helpless we, Spotless Lamb of God was he, Full atonement, can it be? Hallelujah, what a Saviour!” “He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering and … Continue reading

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