This is the first sermon in a series on the Psalms where we will be following Walter Brueggemann's outline of psalms of orientation, disorientation, and new orientation. In this sermon, Jed introduces the idea that the Psalms are about speech: our human need to speak to God and trust that he hears us; our experience of those times that God seems to speak back in words and in action; those moments where God’s part of the conversation seems totally silent; and the very real fact that the Psalms offer us voices of the dead who, like the great cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 12, testify to God’s past goodness, and our future hope. Looking at Psalm 145, Jed unpacks this exuberant psalm of praise and its implications for us as communities who share our stories of God's goodness, and who long for our hope to be the hope of all.
We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands that now sustain us all. They are stewards on behalf of our Almighty Creator and we promise to walk softly and gently on these lands. We would also like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging.
