WORSHIP WITH US on Sunday, July 27, at 10:15 a.m.

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I’m doing something a little different on these summer Sundays—maybe, really, a lot different.

I’m preaching from the Psalms—and as a starting point, I’m using the Paul Simon album from a couple of years ago, Seven Psalms.

This morning we heard the third track in that work, a song called, “My Professional Opinion.” It is more lighthearted and playful than much of the album, even though it sings of indignation, of grievance, and of blame. So in one verse Simon sings:

I heard two cows in a conversation

One called the other one a name

In my professional opinion

All cows in the country must

bear the blame

And he concludes:

So all rise to the occasion

Or all sink into despair

Which seem like cautionary words for our days, maybe for all days.

I thought that I’d take my own lighthearted approach to indignation this morning, looking at the ways in which all people—including you and me—can sink into the anger that arises out of perceived unfair treatment. You know what I mean.

But then I spent some time with the Psalms…

 

Scripture Lessons: Jeremiah 20:7-13; Psalm 55; Luke 9:37-43a

Sermon: Seven Psalms #3: “Psalms for the Indignant”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

 

Anthem           “How Great Thou Art”           arr, Dan Forest

Betsy Henson, Loralyn Hogue, Claire Ma, Barb Sisley, Linda Svalstad, Marie Von Behren, Cheryl Weatherford, Rebecca Weatherford

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.