From Woe to Weal and Back Again: Listening to the Heartbeat of the Psalms

Join us for the Kickoff Workshop, with Vicki Garvey: biblical scholar, church consultant, and lay leader in the Episcopal Church. Saturday, February 21, 2026, 8:30am - 1pm in Trinity’s Parish Hall Our exploration of Psalms continues in our Wednesday Evening Series:  March 11, 18 and 25, 6:30 - 8:30pm, in Trinity’s Parish Hall.

The Psalms are the heartbeat of the Hebrew Scriptures: raw, poetic, and startlingly honest. They give voice to human joy and grief, rage and hope, doubt and deep trust. In the Psalms, we see that nothing is too messy or too much to bring before God.

Listening to the Heartbeat of the Psalms invites us into an ancient conversation that still feels urgent and alive. We’ll explore how these songs can teach us how to speak when words fail; how to lament without losing faith; and how to praise without pretending life is straightforward or simple. We’ll engage in practices of reflection, journaling, song, and other means, as ways to connect more deeply with these ancient poetic scriptures that we read or hear every Sunday, but may not know much about.