Category Archives: Psalms
Worship Ideas for Christ the King Sunday, Year B – 2006
I will probably open the worship service with a reading of the passage from Revelation. And for those of you more stringently liturgical, let me say that I have never like reading all of the scripture passages in row – it’s like Bible overload/overdose, if you ask me. So I usually spread the scriptures throughout [...]
A Paraphrase and Reflections Upon Psalm 34:1-8
Psalm 34:1-8 – My Paraphrase 1 I will bless the Eternal at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul will glory in the Eternal; the humble will hear and be glad. 3 O magnify the Eternal with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the [...]
Reflectionary – Psalm 90
Psalm 90 – My Paraphrase 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth or you had formed the world and its habitation,from everlasting to everlasting you are God.3 You turn mortals back to dust, saying,“Return to dust, O children of humanity.”4 A thousand years in your [...]
Worship Helps for Personal or Corporate Use
Here are just a couple of suggestions for corporate or personal worship based on the scripture lessons for this coming Sunday – September 10, 2006. Use them as you see fit. Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 146) Suggestion – Use phrases from the hymn “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” to open the reading [...]
Reflectionary – Psalm 146
Psalm 146 (My Paraphrase) 1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!2I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.3Do not put your trust in rulers, nor in human beings, for they cannot save.4When their spirit departs, they return to dust, and on [...]
