In the New Testament, the prayers of lamentation are greatly diminished, but the rich patrimony of prayers of praise is continued and even heightened in the early Church. The New Testament is filled ...

Even if you have never read the Bible, you are probably familiar with some of the Psalms. For example, Psalm 23 is one of the most famous poems in history. If somebody says, “The Lord is my shepherd, ...

Psalms of lament felt hyperbolic before COVID-19. But amid 10,000 deaths, my locked-down church in Rome resonates with David more than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how Italian Christians ...

What a gift to receive a heap of books on the Psalms in this time when it’s hard to know how to pray. They arrived in the mail just before the pandemic and the world’s shock at American policing ...

The Psalms are a collection of ancient songs so deeply expressive of the experience of God that they have been used continually for thousands of years. Join us to learn more about how these scriptures ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Over the past few days, I’ve been listening to “40”, the last track on U2’s 1983 album, War. It’s a short song, but ...

In June, Peter and I attended his 40th class reunion at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. It isalways a privilege to attend these gatherings with Peter; however, this was the first time ...

A local business owner informed me one day that life is nothing more than an illusion. I considered punching him in the nose to test his theory. But fearing that his very real pain would lead to a ...

Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

A friend recently gave me language I didn’t know I needed: “communion of the helpless.” We were talking about intercessory prayer, pondering the mysteries of a practice so familiar yet sometimes so ...