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Our Fall 2023 Playlist
In the midst of a busy Fall, I thought I would share a playlist of songs that are helping me slow down this Fall season.
Every Moment Holy
A few years ago, I was gifted this beautiful book by a dear friend, and it has been a constant help to me in practicing the awareness of God’s presence and crying out to Him in everyday moments.
Bible Recap Book & Podcast
Have you ever closed your Bible and thought, “What did I just read?”
In my twenties, I had aspirations of reading my Bible in a year and fell off the train so many times. Most of the time, it happened when I hit long sections of the Word where I didn’t understand what was happening, I didn’t have a cultural or literary context for the book, or I didn’t see how what I was reading fit into God’s big story.
Five Psalms App
The Five Psalms App has been my favorite thing to recommend to friends for the last few years. It has been the greatest refreshment to my daily time in the Word and one of the best tools for prayer.
As For Me
From what I’ve observed, it doesn’t seem our modern instinct is to derive comfort from Psalm 2. This psalm often reveals our resentment and resistance to God’s divine and ultimate authority.
Sadly, that resistance within us is also why we tend to miss out on the peace offered by this Psalm.
The Poetry of Prayer by Caroline Cobb
I’ve been a fan of Caroline’s for a while, but this album is officially my favorite and must be in your Apple/Spotify library.
PSALMS: Real Help for Real People
The truth is much better than I often believe. Time in God’s Word is not an admission price I must pay to experience His presence. Rather, His Word is an open doorway into worship, responding to the reality of His presence moment by moment.
In The Lord I Take Refuge
For a while now, one of my daily disciplines in the Word is to start by reading and praying through a Psalm. It helps focus my mind and heart on who God is as I open the Word, gives me fresh language for prayer, and often meets me right in the middle of an emotion or circumstance I’m walking through. This devotion book by Dane Ortlund includes a short devotion to each Psalm. Every devotion is beautiful, and they help me…