Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Aug. 2, 1997, issue of America, titled “Praying the Psalms: Some Notes.” For some years I have been keeping rather extensive reading notebooks.

Happy New Year! As we begin this year, I was trying to decide where to go in God’s Word in this article — for direction, guidance and encouragement as we ...

The Book of Psalms reminds us that worship demands our unequivocal devotion and allegiance. The Psalms capture the full range of human experience. Personal and collective, sorrowful and rejoicing, ...

In the center of the room, under glass, a Hebrew Bible lies open to the Book of Psalms. Gold leaf glimmers on the borders; red dragons grasp a blue shield while green and blue birds perch on curling ...

The Prayer Book of St. Thomas More, which he had with him in the Tower of London as he awaited his execution. Credit: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University When beauty and ...