023 Lament: Music and Prayer
You love her music, but have you heard her story? In this episode, singer-songwriter Sherdonna Denholm talks about difficulties in her prayer life and how music helps her communicate with God, especially in times of lament.
Take-aways:
- There are always challenges to our prayer life.
- Prayer is a time to lay bare to God. God sees and God knows.
- Art helps us share otherwise inexpressible parts of our soul.
- Art can be especially helpful during times of lament.
- Prayer isn’t perfect.
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This episode featured Sherdonna Denholm’s “Be Still My Soul,” used with permission. Connect with Sherdonna on her website and listen to her soulful music on Spotify, iTunes, and Bandcamp.
Sherdonna quoted Psalm 38, which you can read here.
Want to dig deeper into the study of the Psalms? Check out Episode 003 “Morning: Psalm 51”, Episode 008 “Despair: Psalm 4”, and Episode 012 “Tears: Psalm 6”.
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