Author: Doug

We’re going to have three special Monday evenings on The Psalms of Advent: December 6, 13, and 20. Toni and I are going to be leading these sessions at a special time, 8 pm, and it will last for less than one hour. We’re going to lead the same sessions in person at Restoration Anglican Church on three Sunday mornings at 9 am (December 5, 12, and 19), and then offer them again the following Mondays at 8 pm.

Our regular group will gather for reports and prayers at 7:15 pm (new time!), and then The Psalms of Advent will be on a different Zoom call at 8 pm.

We’ll put all of this in our newsletter. If you need more information you can contact us at tonianddoug (at) tonianddoug (dot) com.

Dear Psalms friends and potential Psalms friends,

I’m looking forward to our time together at 7 pm this Monday, November 15. We’ll be focused on Psalm 26 from Book 1 of the 5 books of the Psalms, one of the sometimes puzzling psalms of innocence, cries to God from faithful followers of his who are experiencing injustice through no fault of their own and wanting God to “make things right.” Here is the study guide, available as a PDF and a web page: Psalm 26 from Book 1 of the Psalms: Crying Out to God When Plagued by Enemies.

Some of you folks who are reading and praying the Psalms daily may have some things to share about your experience with reading and praying Book 1 over time. Questions 1-3 on the attached study guide are for you. And all of us can read Psalm 26.  It’s only 12 verses so you’ll have plenty of time to read it and maybe even think about answers to questions 4-8 on the study guide.

There’s so much truth in Psalm 26 about people, both those who are truly open and submitted to God (the righteous) and those who are closed to God’s work in the world and in themselves (the wicked). Look for truth about the character of God and who God is to you. How do we do this thing called “walking in integrity” and radically entrusting ourselves to God as Jesus did as the Unique and Ultimate Innocent Sufferer for the sake of the world?

Please do the “ministry of showing up” to let us all know how much we need God and one another.

In Christ,
Toni

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