There is a book in the middle of your Bible that has been sung in caves and cathedrals, in prisons and palaces, for three thousand years. It is the only book of the Bible explicitly designed to be sung back to God.
When we gather on Sundays, you'll notice we sing the Psalms — not only hymns and songs about God, but the very words God gave his people to pray. There's a reason for that, and it's worth explaining, because at first it can feel unfamiliar.
A Songbook for the Whole Self
The Psalms refuse to let us bring only our best selves to worship. They give us words for joy and words for rage, words for confidence and words for the days we can barely get out of bed. They are honest in a way our playlists rarely are — and that honesty is a gift.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him. — Psalm 42:5
Notice what the psalmist does there: he preaches to himself. He speaks to his own downcast soul and points it back to God. When we sing the Psalms together, we learn to do the same — and we do it shoulder to shoulder, so that on the weeks you cannot find the words, the person next to you is singing them for you.
An Ancient Song That Still Knows You
You don't have to be a singer to belong here. You only have to be willing to let an old song teach your heart something new — or rather, something very old, and truer than your circumstances. We'd love to have you join us, and lend your voice to the oldest choir in the world.
