"Everything that has Breath... HalleluYah" The final prayer and homecoming

"Your Kingdom Come.... HalleluYah"... this is a surprising prayer--just in the middle of this pure praise there is some violent talk about a sword. We discuss what that means and the long tension that resolves.

"All Creation sings your Praises. . . HalleluYah!" This homecoming song about how all creation will join the Jubilee Kingdom

"Make our borders SHALOM.... HALLELUYAH" This magnificent prayer of homecoming in the Kingdom

"My Hope is in Yahweh... HalleluYah" The introduction of the Jubilee Kingdom. A Prayer of "Shining Back" to God

"God, we praise you!... You lift us up with Grace and Compassion". This Acrostic Poem (a teaching and memorizing tool used to convey the alphabet sounds and the power of the written word) fills us with images of God's power, and sets us up for the place of HalleluYah.

"God, reach out and rescue me... Bring me Home" This Psalm ends the movement of Psalms that respond to the magnificent intimacy of Psalm 139. After enduring the attacks on our communion with God, there is this experience of full homecoming.

"God my soul longs for You... in You I take shelter"... We continue this movement of Psalms that leads us through the lonely attacks on our intimacy with God we felt so powerfully in Psalm 139... they are like a deep dive into the final line of the Lord's Prayer.

"God, You are my refuge... when my spirit feels weak" This Psalm of deep suffering of abandonment comes in the shadow of the beautiful intimacy of Psalm 139... a connection with God that will feel attacked, but this ancient prayer guides us cry out to (and at) God when we fall into the dark cave.

"God, lead me away from temptation... for my eyes are toward you"... we continue in the shadow of Psalm 139's divine intimacy, but explore the attacks that come against that closeness, and return to the uncomfortable idea of "perfect hate"