Chrystie Cole
Morning Pages: Psalm 23
Psalm 23 is full of loaded imagery. Shepherding was not only a common trade but also the language God used to refer to the leaders of...
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Chrystie Cole
- Apr 25
- 11 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 22
Psalm 22 is holy ground. On the micro level, it is another psalm of lament by David. But on the macro level, this psalm is intimately...
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Chrystie Cole
- Apr 11
- 5 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 21
I had a hard time getting excited by this psalm initially. Unfortunately, some days are just like that. We can struggle reading the Bible...
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Chrystie Cole
- Apr 4
- 6 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 20
Psalm 20 is a beautiful, priestly prayer for blessing and protection. Scholars believe this may have been a prayer the people of Israel...
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Chrystie Cole
- Mar 28
- 5 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 19
Psalm 19 is a passionate, powerful call to worship our awesome God, who has made himself known and knowable. It's a masterful symphony of...
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Chrystie Cole
- Mar 21
- 9 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 18
The most important part of any song is the melody. Psalm 18 is like David's life's soundtrack, and Yahweh is the clear melody. Throughout...
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Chrystie Cole
- Feb 14
- 8 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 16
Psalm 16 is a simple yet beautiful song of devotion. There is so much within this psalm that teaches me what it means to behold God in...
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Chrystie Cole
- Feb 7
- 5 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 15
Reading the Bible is a dynamic experience. Some days it feels like sitting down to a feast. You gobble down every last morsel. Other days...
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Chrystie Cole
- Jan 31
- 4 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 14
Psalm 14, written by David, is a psalm of complaint or lament. There are echoes of this psalm in Romans 1 and 3, which Paul must have had...
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Chrystie Cole
- Jan 17
- 5 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 12
In this psalm of lament, David is distraught by the decline of godliness around him, and he cries out to Yahweh for deliverance. Verse...
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Chrystie Cole
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 11
Some psalms take a few readings before you can begin appreciating what the psalmist is saying. You have to sit with them for a while. Ask...
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Chrystie Cole
- Dec 13, 2022
- 6 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 10
Psalm 10 is a cry for justice. It's unclear if the writer is suffering injustice personally or if he is attuned to the suffering of those...
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Chrystie Cole
- Dec 6, 2022
- 7 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 9
Psalm 9 captures the broad range of the human experience—gratitude, lament, suffering, worship, and hope. In this psalm, David proves...
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Chrystie Cole
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 8
David establishes the worshipful tone of this psalm from the very beginning, one that is carried throughout its entirety. From beginning...
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Chrystie Cole
- Nov 22, 2022
- 7 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 7
Psalm 7, written by David, is another psalm of lament. David is familiar with trials and suffering, whether because of harms done by him,...
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Chrystie Cole
- Sep 12, 2022
- 3 min
Morning Pages With The Psalmists
In her book, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron talks about the creative practice of something she calls “Morning Pages.” She discusses the...
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Chrystie Cole
- Sep 3, 2022
- 5 min
Morning Pages: Psalm 1
This psalm is among my favorites. The psalmist contrasts the ways of the wicked and righteous and their resulting ends. It is both a...
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