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Course
Praying the Psalms
~6 Hours
In this Praying the Psalms course, you’ll learn how praying the Psalms and using the psalter’s language can deepen your intimacy with God.
David Taylor
About This Course
What do you do when you’re filled with emotions that are difficult to name? Whom do you turn to in these moments, and what do you say? For centuries, Christians have gone to the Psalms to give voice to their deepest sorrow, anger, and joy. But we often find this book of the Bible intimidating, or confusing, and therefore shy away. In this course, you’ll learn how praying the Psalms can deepen your intimacy with God as you use the psalter’s language to “get real” about life in its infinite variety. You’ll also be encouraged to bring the Psalms’ naked honesty into your own spiritual community, God’s chosen space, for healing and wholeness to occur.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the ways in which our practices of prayer fit within the rich Christian history of praying the Psalms
- Identify the ways in which the Psalms call us to pray honestly and openly with God and our community
- Apply this learning to our own practices of emotionally healthy and healing prayer
A FULLER Equip course
- Spiritual Formation & Vocation or Calling
- Spiritual Disciplines
- Arts & Worship
1. Getting Started
Introduction to the Psalms
2. What Are the Psalms?
3. History of the Psalms
How to Pray the Psalms
4. Starting in Honesty
5. Grief, Loss, and Pain
6. Honest Anger
7. Unbridled Joy
Applying the Lessons of the Psalms
8. What the Psalms Call Us to Do
Conclusion
9. Next Steps
Your Instructor
David Taylor
Author, Associate Professor of Theology & Culture
David Taylor joined the Fuller faculty in 2014 and is an associate professor of theology and culture as well as the director of Brehm Texas, an initiative to revitalize the church through the arts. Prior to his appointment at Fuller, Taylor served as a pastor for ten years in Austin, Texas. Born and raised in Guatemala City, he has lectured widely on the arts in both academic and popular settings, from Thailand to South Africa.
