Rev. Tom Hathaway - September 6, 2026
A Lesson in Prayer from Yelp
You've probably left a more articulate, more devastating prayer in a Google review than you've ever prayed in church. Psalm 109 is arguably the angriest prayer in the Bible, and it raises an uncomfortable question: why do we save our real fury for Yelp while bringing God nothing but polite, vague platitudes? Turns out the psalmist's rage isn't the opposite of loving your enemies. It might be the only way to get there.
Scripture References: Psalms 109:1-39
From Series: "Summer in the Psalms"
The Psalms are the prayer book of the Bible, and they don't pretend. Across 150 of them, the full range of human experience gets handed to God, not just the polished feelings we bring to church but the raw ones we usually leave at the door. This summer we'll take four different kinds of psalm and learn how each one prays: the psalm that praises, the psalm that trusts, the psalm that gives thanks, and, yes, the psalm that rages. Four weeks on the songs that teach us we can bring God everything, even the parts we're not proud of.
