Johnny Kurcina kicks off Summer in the Psalms II: Songs of Ascent by looking at Psalm 120–the first of the Pilgrim songs. The Psalmist is in distress and despair but he brings his complaint to God, entrusting himself to the Lord.
What is true community? Behind the Psalmists evocative imagery of the anointing of Aaron and the dew of Mount Hermon is the three generational relational matrix of an Ancient Israel village and family. Today, in the West, no one lives in villages filled with extended family. How do we experience community? And what challenges oppose […]
For the Israelites and David–the Ark of the Covenant–the physical embodiment of God’s presence was a source of blessing and joy. In Psalm 132, the Psalmist recounts the desire of David and Israel to have the Ark (and the LORD) with them. Do we desire the Presence of God? What difference does God’s presence make? […]
In an anxious, stressed-out, performance driven culture–how do we experience the peace that God offers? David, the Psalmist, points to intimacy with the Lord: like a mother with a child, we can know the loving nurture of God, when we look to Him as our hope.
