Psalms

Remembering A Great Warrior On Shavuot

S.R. Hewitt | Posted 05.21.2012

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This year, Memorial Day poses an interesting conflict with the Jewish calendar as it overlaps directly with the holiday of Shavuot. The coincidence is not without some significance.

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Omer Day 40: The Presence Within Connection

Rabbi Yael Levy | Posted 05.17.2012

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The wellspring rising from deep within the Mystery. The rock that supports, sustains and brings forth our lives.

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The Power Of Music: Holiness Hitches A Ride

Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.16.2012

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I feel bad for the psalms. Their music, the tunes supposed to accompany them, has been lost to us. Though you may call me sacrilegious, I do not believe that they alone possess sanctifying power.

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Psalm 1: Putting Evil In Its Place

Amy Erickson | Posted 05.16.2012

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Psalm 1 is trying to provide practical advice about how to be "good" even when it feels like evil is closing in you. Stay on the right path and resist the dark side. For those in Sing Sing prison, that is a lot harder than it looks.

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Chicken-Hearted Bullies And Lionhearted Girls

Rev. Peter Baldwin Panagore | Posted 04.23.2012

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In a town far away, in a town anywhere, out on a rural road. This story is true, and stories like it occur every day.

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Annie Dillard, Wheel Of Fortune And Good Friday

Lisa Hickman | Posted 04.06.2012

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Good Friday is a day that leaves us spinning with questions about the nature of God. Is God's hand in this? Or does this crazy world spin accidentally? How do we know?

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Spirituality With Religion: To Be Still And To Know

Amy Julia Becker | Posted 05.19.2012

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In the words of the Psalm, knowing God is the fence, the protective barrier, that allows us to be still.

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Bad News Psalms

David Van Biema | Posted 04.02.2012

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It's been a bad few weeks for Psalms in the news. Some perfectly good verses got dropped from a 35-year airline promotion, and a disturbing verse achieved a new prominence. Both are part of the same melancholy trend: the death of civil religion.

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"The Lord is My Shepherd" Blues

Susan Orlins | Posted 07.16.2011

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I'm a pretty high-functioning agnostic in that I do ask God for things. But I find the Twenty-third Psalm unsettling. When I think of dwelling in the House of the Lord, I envision the dark mansion from Beauty and the Beast but without Mrs. Potts, the singing teapot.

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Praying The Most Difficult Psalms

John Backman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Book of Psalms includes some horrifying sentiments. How do we who love the psalms -- and hear the voice of God in them -- deal with this?

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Who Does God Like To Hang Out With? Psalm 15 Sheds Some Light

Rev. Peter M. Wallace | Posted 05.25.2011

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The psalmist struggled with this question: Who is worthy of membership in God's "club"?

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Echoes of the Bible: Obama's Notre Dame Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's important to remember your audience, and Obama clearly did at Notre Dame. Here are eight key lines from Obama's address and the biblical passages they reference.

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