Psalm 51 does not let any of us off the hook—not the progressives, the evangelicals or the feel-good agnostics. In what one commentator has called liturgical hyperbole, we are blasted with emphatic, ...

The psalms are poignant. They bear emotion in a way that grabs our souls. They are comprehended by the heart in a way the head can’t. But I falter when I try to preach them. The psalms are poignant.

While reading from Psalm 51, he pledged to be like its writer, King David, in his recovery. “In the past 18 months while incarcerated, I've been given time to look back and admit my failures to ...

When asked in court to deliver a statement, Richards read from Psalm 51, which ancient Israel's King David wrote after sleeping with Bathsheba and facilitating the death of her husband ...

I have noticed it frequently in my church: If, for example, someone is given Psalm 51 to read, the reading typically begins with the first verse—in this case, “Have mercy on me, O God ...

There is something close and personal in the reading of Psalm 51. These are confessional words David wrote after committing the terrible sins of adultery and murder. In verse two David writes ...

Gregorio Allegri’s sublime Miserere Mei, Deus, a nine-voice setting of Psalm 51 ‘Have mercy upon me, o God’, has been a choral favourite for centuries. Once heard, it’s never forgotten. That soaring ...

The first week will be focused on Connecting to God through Confession from Psalm 51: 1-12 with Rev. Jeff Chapin from the Conesville, New Moscow and Trinway United Methodist Churches. On March 12 will ...