Psalms for Singers

Ten years ago on May 26, 2015, I began sharing with my Fredericksburg choir some thoughts about the Psalms. As church musicians, a lot of our time and energy is spent in using the church hymnal for congregational singing decisions – or even in contemporary worship, the hymnal is a basic tool used to write contemporary arrangements and understand the basics of worship.  All that to say, our hymnals are important to us. So it was for the Hebrew worshipers under the guidance of King David.  The book of Psalms is the ancient hymnal of worship and being that, it is a treasure trove of information and inspiration and we as church musicians should spend time in studying and being familiar with it.

So I began to share some thoughts and devotions on a psalm each week (or so I thought). I only made it to November then Christmas took my time! However three years ago in February of 2022, I decided to start again back at the beginning on the first psalm. I don’t want you to think that these are all from my studies and discovery, I borrowed quite a bit from various sources to give my choir some morsel of the deep and sometimes intricate theology that is found in them.

So I will edit these as I can get to them and make them more for a global audience removing personal information pertaining to choir members on occasions – Thanks for reading! (Just click the title ad that should take you there.)