Praying the Psalms Together

The Psalms form the oldest hymnbook for Jews and Christians alike. Jesus prayed the psalms, as did the early Christians, and these biblical hymns have been part of corporate worship and personal prayer ever since. Join this short retreat in which we will not only pray a psalm or two together, but learn about some of the patterns, rhythms, and themes of the Psalms as the raw and honest prayers of God’s people expressing everything from lament to praise. Our guides will include scripture/prayer scholars such as Walter Brueggemann and Eugene Peterson. We will also have the opportunity to craft our own psalms, to “pray with our pens,” discovering how to join our voices with the ancient voices of faith, and so to deepen our expression and experience of prayer.