num_pages: 224
description: A book you will want to read and read again. -- Eugene PetersonAfterword by Bono.How can we find a more transparent resilient and fearless life of faith? The book of Psalms has been central to God's people for millennia across all walks of life and cultural contexts. In reading it we discover that we are never alone in our joys sorrows angers doubts praises or thanksgivings. In it we learn about prayer and poetry honesty and community justice and enemies life and death nations and creation. Open and Unafraid shows us how to read the psalms in a fresh life-giving way and so access the bottomless resources for life that they provide.David Taylors take is 'open and unafraid' alright. He really goes there exposing himself before God in the most beautiful way. He might have called the book Naked because if you dont find your own self feeling a little exposed here it might be time to take some armor off. -- Bono from the AfterwordA book that you will want to read and read again and yet again in order to discover the wisdom of the Psalms that shows us how to walk in the life-giving way of Jesus. -- Eugene Peterson from the ForewordA winsome accessible entry into the Book of PsalmsConnects the poetry of the psalms to real-life wonders and struggles. -- Walter Brueggemann Columbia Theological SeminaryTaylor reads these biblical prayers with Dr. Seuss rappers and other poets along with theologians and the daily news....Guides readers in tracing out patterns of holy speech that have the potential for healing our hearts and our communities. -- Ellen F. Davis Duke Divinity SchoolI have always loved the psalms--for their defiant devotion their deep joy and their brutal yet beautiful honesty. And after reading this fantastic book about them I love them even more. -- Matt Redman worship leader and song writerIn these fraught and fearsome days we need the psalms more than ever. And we need more faithful artists and thinkers like David Taylor to mine the infinite gifts the psalms offer across the ages. -- Karen Swallow Prior author of Fierce Convictions
language: English
title: Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life
publisher: Thomas Nelson