“The truth is that the Bible is so saturated with a concern for justice that a preacher in the long run can no more avoid talking about this theme than she could bracket out miracles or forgiveness. There is just too much in the Bible, in both the Old Testament and the New, to think we can preach the whole of Scripture and not bump into justice concerns semi-regularly.”
—Scott Hoezee, “To Preach Justice,” © June 2023, ReformedWorship.org, CC BY-NC-SA.
Psalm 137 is a difficult and complex psalm only appearing in the Revised Common Lectionary once over the three year cycle (Proper 22C). This reflection helps us understand it better and provides some background and suggestions for how it might be used in our current context.
This a prayer based on Psalm 137, a difficult and complex psalm that only appears once in the Revised Common Lectionary’s three year cycle (Proper 22C).
This is the first of several blog posts of litanies developed by Dr. Barbara Bradley Feenstra and Dr. Ronald J. Feenstra for use in worship to commemorate events such as MLK’s birthday (January 15, 1929), Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865), Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), July 4/5, and the anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28, 1963). Any of these may also be used during Black History Month. Each litany or prayer is based on documents connected to the event being commemorated.
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