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Guest Post on Walk.Build.Proclaim: “What Language Shall I Borrow? How About the Psalms?”

July 16, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Day 27 Psalm for the Day, used under Creative Commons License
Day 27 Psalm for the Day by truds09, used under Creative Commons License

My new blogospheric friend Tracy Dereszysnski-Dow very generously invited me to do a guest post on her blog “Walk.Build.Proclaim”.  I wrote on praying the Psalms as modeled by John Calvin.  Here’s how it starts:

The medieval passion hymn “O Sacred Head” asks Jesus a great question: “What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend?” That’s prayer’s essential problem: What can we say to the creator of heaven and earth?  …

You can find the rest by clicking here.  You can also read more about it in the chapter on Calvin in Kneeling with Giants.

I hope you’ll check out her other posts too. She just finished a big 30 day blogging challenge so there is a lot to see!

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