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Summer in the Psalms

The Psalms have been the church’s prayer book for three thousand years, and they got the job by refusing to pretend. Over four Sundays we’ll pray four very different psalms: awe under a sky too big for us, trust through the dark valley, thanksgiving for what we barely survived, and, yes, one Sunday of raw rage, because the Psalms give us permission to bring God even the prayers we’re ashamed of. Come pray the whole range with us.

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Rev. Tom Hathaway - August 23, 2026

Lost in Translation

This is a sermon on Psalm 23, the psalm you think you know. "The Lord is my shepherd." "The valley of the shadow of death." You've heard it read at every funeral you've ever been to. Here's the thing: the King James translators knew some of it wasn't quite right, and used it anyway. This is a verse by verse walk through the psalm everybody knows and nobody's actually read, and the real version turns out to be something very different from the the one you memorized.

Scripture References: Psalms 23:1-6

 

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