by pbogs64@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2019 | Church, Discipleship, Learning, Worship
June 25, 2019 Dear Pilgrim Partners, I met with my District Superintendent Monday for our annual supervisory meeting. He reminded me of my pastoral calling as “theologian in residence.” I embrace that calling in every conversation, group discussion, and sermon, as...
by pbogs64@gmail.com | Mar 15, 2017 | Church, Personal, Psalms, Uncategorized, Worship
One of a series chronicling a Psalm Pilgrimage. Went to bed Monday evening as a winter storm brewed up the east coast – while another storm brewed in my spirit. I had been looking at word clouds on Pinterest – particularly ones from books of the Bible,...
by pbogs64@gmail.com | Mar 3, 2017 | Church, Learning, Psalms, Worship
Reading N.T. Wright’s The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential this morning, I came across the line: …the question is more how we can find our way into their world… (page 6) This is what I’ve been struggling to articulate that happens...
by pbogs64@gmail.com | Mar 3, 2017 | Church, Psalms, Worship
From my Prayer Journal, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 – Advent II Some extraordinary things have been happening with the Psalms, this Advent season. It probably began in earnest when I discovered an instrumental album interpreting Psalm 24 – Lift Up the Gates. That was...
by pbogs64@gmail.com | Mar 3, 2017 | Church, Psalms, Worship
From my Prayer Journal, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 – Advent I Had a breakthrough this am while stumbling on a new/old Psalm find: Ascend – Prayer Instrumentals (meditating on the ten verses of psalm 24 by the contemporary praise band, The Ramp). I already had...
by pbogs64@gmail.com | Feb 21, 2017 | Church, Learning, Psalms, Worship
The question of translation looms large as I consider next steps in this Psalm pilgrimage. If I have set before me the ultimate goal of memorizing the Psalms through the power of music, I must make a translation decision – and that decision will drive a host of...
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