‘Nothing new’ is my report for the week, and I’m quite happy to write about it.

Fight my enemies? A second thought may help us see how relevant this psalm is for our personal situation.

Let me be glad about how I have shown
my resilience
at coping in ways I’d not known.

Before we take our laments to God, we need to give him ourselves.

As we’re forced to face one finish line after another, I have no choice but to get better at it.

The psalm follows a familiar pattern: lament followed by praise. But then it shows us something more: Include others in our laments.

Two sets of experiences, two adjectives, and one helpful conclusion.

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" What we have experienced, Jesus has said.

If one picture is worth a thousand words, maybe a gallery of pictures from birthdays past can give a hint of all I was feeling this year.

Only when the psalmist concentrates on what God has already accomplished does he find resolve to lay today’s problems before him.

Accommodating change is our weekly challenge. I know this. Why does it still shock me?

The Psalms can help us discover the beauty of “but” for our everyday prayers.

Would we call it sad, this survival scene
with two people
who once recklessly pledged their love
for each other?

Sometimes there's great gain in asking ourselves, "What specifically do we need from God?" and then telling him what we decided!

I'm learning about loneliness in this new chapter. And many weeks, as I consider my situation, I actually apply what I'm learning!

I'll never regret the night I laid out my complaints to God. Now I realize I was practicing a key component of lament.

"Remember the forgetting" is the headline I wrote for my home page. I had no idea what I was saying.

We may pray with the psalmist, "How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?" And we may find from the psalmist a pathway to hope.

It is possible to experience happiness and grief at the same time. A weekend with lifetime friends proved it.

Pain and heartbreak and overwhelming grief are the perfect times to pray. Prayer has never been more real for some than in such moments of crisis.