Journey Through the Psalms - by Denise Dombkowski Hopkins & Denise Dombkowski Hopkins (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Reclaim the Psalms for true worship, as well as prayer, as you learn how to approach God with the emotional intensity of the ancient psalmists. Denise Dombkowski Hopkins combines the insights of scholarship on the Psalms with artwork, liturgy, song, and poetry to give us a new way to use the Psalms in our life of faith together, and also to empower our corporate identity and revitalize our worship. She examines how the Psalms formed the worship of ancient synagogues and the earliest churches and how they can do the same for our churches today. Reflective questions bring worship leaders and individuals alike to a new awareness of the power of the Psalms to enrich public worship and private devotions with an honesty that does not turn away from the realities of suffering and anger.

Review Quotes

"Well grounded, well researched, and sparkling with insights, Journey through the Psalms illuminates, critiques, and reshapes Christian worship and spirituality. Praise becomes more than a preamble to petition; lament destabilizes the myth of success and gives sufferers an avenue of approach to God; and thanksgiving becomes evangelistic witness. Artwork, poetry, and experiential activities make the book as near multimedia as print can come."

About the Author

Denise Dombkowski Hopkins is professor of Old Testament at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.