The One Psalm That Leaves Us Hanging

Friends,

School started yesterday. Most of this week went into getting ready for it, and a good part of that happened during hours I would normally be working. I got to be home with Noah picking out a backpack and a new water bottle instead. I’m grateful I had the time to give him.

Sunday is week four of Hold On, and it’s the hard one. We’re reading Psalm 88, the one psalm in the whole book that never turns. Most laments complain and rage and then find their footing somewhere near the end. This one doesn’t. It starts in the dark and stays there, and the people who received it kept it anyway, without tidying it up.

We’re not going to tidy it up either. If you’re in a stretch where the praying isn’t landing, this is a good Sunday to be with us. Nothing has to be resolved for you to belong here.

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Sunday at 11 AM Pacific, in person or online.

Pastor Matthew