This week we continue our sermon series Stories Of The Psalms.
Our practice in this series is to understand the context and story out of which some Psalms were born, and connect the psalmist's way of prayer to our own stories. Walter Brueggemann categorizes psalms into 3 main categories: Orientation, Disorientation, and Reorientation. In other words, some Psalms speak out of a place of being at peace, others out of a place of disorder, and still others from a place of having the chaos of life re-ordered by God. This week we will explore Psalm 55, a Psalm of disorientation where David felt betrayed by a close friend and confidant.