The Psalms Speak

Certainly the psalms have spoken to many people in the twenty-four hundred years or so since they passed from oral to written tradition. The psalms still speak, but can we hear them? Our culture is decidedly not God-centered. Biblical illiteracy is commonplace in the contemporary world, especially among the educated. Whatever the mistrust or neglect, prayer and meditation can help a true seeker find a way back to the psalms, to history, and perhaps even to a spiritual home.

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