Faith at Home

How do you share the story of your life, or the experiences of your faith relationship, with the people around you?

Psalm 102:18-28 tells the story of God at work in the story of people's lives over the long haul, and expresses the vision of a future where the next generations to come will also see God at work in their lives.

Will you tell or write the story of God at work in your life?

What do you notice as you listen along today?

We listen together to the first half of Psalm 102 (verses 1-17), and as we listen, we become aware of the world around us, and the experiences of grief in our lives. 

We are invited to keep on calling out to God, to keep on leaning in to relationship with God. 

What are you aware of in your own experience as you listen? 

How would you like to respond to God's invitation?

What we notice through Listening Practices of the Psalms helps us to understand ourselves better, and helps us to become aware of how we live out what we believe to be true about God.

As we braid together the threads of the stories our lives and our lived faith with the words of Psalm 101, we hear the invitation to keep on creating space for truth telling and to be a blessing in the world.

What do you notice as you listen along?

We are listening to the voice of God and to what matters most to us as we join in a Listening Practice with Psalm 100.

Read. Listen. Dialogue. Repeat.Would you believe what a difference this kind of practice can make to our everyday lives?

Today, as we explore Psalm 100, we notice the ways that God speaks to us today, and in the process, we acknowledge our emotions. Whatever we feel, the invitation is to notice where God is *WITH US* in the midst of all the things.What do you hear as you listen today? How do you want to respond? Let us know in the comments.Would you also consider liking and sharing this practice? You'll help us as we expand the reach of these practices that encourage listening to God and to our own experiences. Many thanks!

Pause with us for an opportunity to feed your soul! As we listen to Psalm 99 and share in conversation about what we notice, our relationship with God grows. This Psalm is full of references to the natural world. Do you hear an invitation to join in saying "thank you" to God for something today? Perhaps even in a new way?

What new thing are you being invited to in your relationship with God?

As we listen our way through the Psalms, we grow our relationship with God and with one another. Psalm 98 is a prayer-poem full of metaphor, music, and invitations.

What do you notice as you listen along?

Psalm 97 talks of God's goodness and power while asking us to turn to God and do right so we can be blessed.

Is that what you hear? Is that what you experience? Sometimes the Psalms push us in directions we're uncomfortable with.

Psalm 96 tells us to tell others of God's goodness and love and to let the natural world speak out about God's grace.

What do you hear as you listen to this happy Psalm? Is God saying to you what the Psalm is saying? Or is God speaking other words in the midst of your contemplation?

What does it mean for God to be engaged in the suffering of our everyday lives?

As we encounter the pain and suffering of our personal experiences, and of the world at large, we continue to grapple with trying to hear what God is saying to us. Psalm 94 is a conversation partner in the midst of these encounters and experiences.

What do you notice as you listen along? How are you invited to interact with the Divine and be engaged in the world?