Episode 141: Biblical Genres, Part 4--Psalms

Wherever you find yourself on any given day, and whatever is going on in your heart, the biblical book of Psalms offers the spoken and sung prayers of those who have gone before us that we can borrow and make our own.  The Psalms are indeed, part of the same Bible that Christians talk about as "God's Word for us," and yet at the same time, they are our words to God, too.  And in times of great joy and deep heartache, in personal crisis or national emergency, in moments of fiery rage or aching despair, these prayers and poems continue to speak to us.  As pastors Erica, Sarah, and Steve continue to look at the different kinds of literature found in the Bible, today's conversation takes a look at the psalms, how we can use the words of others to express our own hearts, and how we deal with the times when the answers don't come the way we wanted, or when we feel so angry and hurt that we pray for terrible things to happen to others, or when we don't even know what to ask for.  Join us for this conversation, so that you can have more honest and authentic conversations with God in your own life, in this week's episode of "Crazy Faith Talk."