Living Psalm 1 Higher Ed Sunday

Living Psalms Book

Psalms in the form of words and art, reborn in the specific contexts of our world, privileging the voices of historically marginalized communities and those acting in solidarity with them

Someone told us that we needed to carry this faith generation to generation.
You, God?
You, Ancestors?
The roots of belonging, of welcome, of possibility: Carry them.
So we mediate, we scheme, we pray, we speak, we preach, we teach.
Happy are we who hold forth the ways of the Lord.

Some will take our faith and co-opt it to Nationalism, to fit the needs of Power.
But we know that God is bigger than the wicked. God is clear in our charge to Love.
The roots of our faith are like trees planted near water,
offering fruit for times like these, harvest for when hope is achingly distant.
God watches over we who carry and teach the faith this generation to the next.
God blesses our work, that our children and grandchildren may know God’s Love.

Selah.

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Living Psalm 1 was written by Chris Davies.

Living Psalms Book is created by UCC Witness & Worship Artists’ Group, a Network of UCC connected artists, activists and ministers bridging the worship and liturgy of the local church with witness and action in the community. Maren Tirabassi, editor

Logo is detail from Living Psalm 80 by Sophia Beardemphl, Redwoods, CA. Recovering from significant bullying, Sophia, age nine, read Psalm 80 and thought of brokenness that needs mending. She drew this broken and mended bowl.