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How does singing the Psalms shape our view of hope and form us for Christian living?
Panelists: Carlos Colón, Nikki Lerner, and Swee Hong Lim
Moderator: Rebecca Snippe
Songs mentioned in this panel discussion:
“Al Señor clamé / I Am Crying Out to God”
“Me alegré con los que me decián / I Was Glad When They Said to Me”
“Porque tú amor / Because Your Love”
Resources mentioned in this panel discussion:
Nikki Lerner’s podcast, “Culture Coach”
Worship Together in your Church as in Heaven, by Josh Davis and Nikki Lerner
Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God
Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship
Find more resources from Carlos Colón on Zeteo Preaching and Worship
Find more resources from Nikki Lerner on Zeteo Preaching and Worship
Find more resources from Swee Hong Lim on Zeteo Preaching and Worship
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com. Their content is licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0.
Pastor-scholar Andrew Wilkes shares how his worshiping community, Double Love Experience Church, prayed and sang the psalms during the troubling times of 2020. The psalms gave them language and support for praise and lament, and Wilkes asserts that lament is the evidence of faith because we are bringing our troubles to God.
Author and pastor-scholar David Taylor shares how he came to appreciate the psalms and how he encourages people to bring their full, unedited selves to God in prayer and experience a richer and more honest life of faith.
Old Testament scholar Nancy deClaissé-Walford has spent her career studying the ordering of the Psalter. Most of the psalms, she says, are not tied to a particular situation, allowing us to sing and pray them honestly in our own contexts.
Pastor-scholar Andrew Wilkes shares how his worshiping community, Double Love Experience Church, prayed and sang the psalms during the troubling times of 2020. The psalms gave them language and support for praise and lament, and Wilkes asserts that lament is the evidence of faith because we are bringing our troubles to God.
Author and pastor-scholar David Taylor shares how he came to appreciate the psalms and how he encourages people to bring their full, unedited selves to God in prayer and experience a richer and more honest life of faith.
Old Testament scholar Nancy deClaissé-Walford has spent her career studying the ordering of the Psalter. Most of the psalms, she says, are not tied to a particular situation, allowing us to sing and pray them honestly in our own contexts.
A Psalm Talk by Jared E. Alcántara recorded at the 2026 Psalms 150 conference, with a visual prayer and embodied response from artist Dea Jenkins.
