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Psalms for the Spirit

Kiran Young Wimberly

This podcast looks at the connections between spirituality and resilience through the lens of the Biblical Psalms. It explores how the Psalms help people through difficult times – times of personal and collective trauma – through conversations about personal story, field research, and theological reflection from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. Listeners might include clergy, seminarians, spiritual directors, hymnwriters, church musicians, mental health practitioners, anyone interested in

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20:22

Journeying Toward Blessing: Finding God in the Mess...

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2025/11/19

In this episode of Psalms for the Spirit, I’m joined by Brendan McManus, a Jesuit priest from Lisnaskea, Northern Ireland. After years in the computer industry, Brendan felt a deeper call that led him into the Jesuits and into a lifelong exploration of Ignatian spirituality, pilgrimage, and finding God in everyday life. He now serves as a spiritual director, retreat leader, and author of Finding God in the Mess and other works rooted in hope and discernment.Brendan reflects on how the Psalms have

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7:13

Psalm of the Week: May We Rise/Psalm 148, 149, 150

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2025/11/10

This song evokes praise with all our heart, soul and body ~ with all of creation, with all instruments, with all aspects of who we are. Indeed, praise includes what brings us pleasure, joy and delight ~ something we don’t often sing about in hymns, and yet which are such an important aspect of living as fully and vibrantly as God intends. Set to the Scottish tune with Irish words, this paraphrase maintains some of the original language in the refrain of the song ‘Happy are We All Together.’Continue

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6:07

Psalm of the Week: Praise God From Whom All Blessings...

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2025/11/03

In this Psalm, all creation praises the God who heals the broken-hearted. It is combined here with the words from the Doxology and the rousing melody ‘Mo Ghile Mear.’ A song of joy at the outpouring of God’s blessings, this Psalm also tends to the outcasts, the forgotten, those longing for peace in home and hearth ~ that all creation will sing when such blessings are extended to all people.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for reflection and

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Psalm of the Week: Hallelujah/Psalm 146

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2025/10/27

This joyful song praises the true ruler of the earth: a God of justice and compassion who stands with the vulnerable of this world. Set to ‘Here’s a Health,’ it is a jubilant song of praise, but one that recounts various forms of suffering ~ oppressive power, poverty, false imprisonment, injustice, bereavement, refugees ~ and continually places hope in the goodness and mercy of the one who will ultimately see us through such earthly struggles.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal,

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Psalm of the Week: Come, Spirit, Come/Psalm 144

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2025/10/20

This is a Psalm about the transformation from a call to battle into a prayer for peace, and is set to ‘The King’s Shilling’ by the Scottish musician Ian Sinclair. The desire for peace is hard won, after facing the realities of war. In the same way, our prayers for people also become more fervent when we encounter the dreadful realities of war, and our hearts are softened as we utter our prayer of blessing on the next generation, that they will become “trees full grown” and “pillars firm,” and that

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Psalm of the Week: You Have Searched Me/Psalm 139

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2025/10/13

Combined with the lyrical air, ‘The Banks of Claudy,’ this beautiful Psalm professes faith in a God who knits us together and knows us intimately. Whether we like it or not, God knows our every thought and movement, but this Psalm continually reminds us that God’s constant presence is one that is loving and accepting of who we are at our best and our worst moments, and that God will continue to lead us in the way that is everlasting.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which

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Psalm of the Week: By the Waters of Babylon/Psalm 137

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2025/10/06

Set during the Babylonian exile, this Psalm mourns what was left behind in the homeland. The refrain, inspired by the traditional song ‘The Emigrant’s Farewell,’ echoes the request that God remembers those who grieve and those whose wounds have not yet been healed.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for reflection and some invitations to prayer and practice.Paid subscribers receive a free journal PDF, or you can purchase a paperback versionVisit

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Psalm of the Week: God’s Love Endures Forever/Psalm 136

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2025/09/29

With the antiphonal refrain “God’s love endures forever,” this Psalm, set to the sea shanty ‘Bold Riley,’ speaks of the story of the Hebrew peoples’ journey into the promised land and of God’s love that endures through the generations. Like a heartbeat, the refrain is a continual reminder that amid the dramas of our lives and of history, God’s loving pulse is the life force behind it all.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for reflection and some

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Psalm of the Week: How Good It Is/Psalm 133

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2025/09/22

Comparing harmony between kindred with the holy oil used for anointing in the temple of Jerusalem, the Psalm claims that such experiences of community bring fullness of life. Set to the Irish tune ‘A Fig for a Kiss,’ this paraphrase chooses the word “harmony,” which is a synonym for unity in the Hebrew and expresses the possibility of harmonious relationship amid diversity, rather than the homogeneity of uniformity.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further

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7:48

Psalm of the Week: From the Depths/Psalm 130, 131

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2025/09/15

These Psalms, sung to ‘The Quiet Land of Erin,’ share hope in a forgiving God who is with us always, even when we are in the depths. Putting these two Psalms together back to back, this song connects the concept of forgiveness with the deep rest of an infant in its mother’s arms ~ loved unconditionally as a beloved child and held with tenderness and compassion.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for reflection and some invitations to prayer and

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Psalm of the Week: Peace be with Jerusalem/Psalm 122

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2025/09/08

A Psalm of ascendance to Jerusalem, this would have been sung as a part of a collection of pilgrimage Psalms. Set to the upbeat Irish melody ‘A Fig for a Kiss,’ this evokes the joyful lightness of nearing the pilgrimage destination, almost like a festive dance. It creates the image of peace between all peoples, nations, kindred ~ a peace that seeks the good of all.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for reflection and some invitations to prayer

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7:13

Psalm of the Week: I Lift My Eyes up to the...

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2025/09/01

Set to the 18th-century Scottish air ‘MacPhearson’s Lament,’ this Psalm reflects on the comfort of God’s everlasting protection. It begins with the iconic image of the hills or mountains that remind us of where we can find our help, and it continues to unfold the image of God watching over us, never slumbering, offering us shade and shelter, and blessing us as we “come and go,” both now and forever.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for

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6:59

Psalm of the Week: I Love the Lord/Psalm 116

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2025/08/25

The writer of this Psalm praises God for responding mercifully to the cry of the suffering: in return, this individual offers to serve God faithfully. Set to the uplifting Irish melody ‘Galway Shawl,’ this is a Psalm of thanksgiving for deliverance from suffering, a testament to the transformation that can come through God’s help, and a commitment to faithfulness in response.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for reflection and some invitations

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39:41

Faith, Belonging, and the Courage to Tell the Truth...

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2025/08/20

Welcome to this new series, “Something Psalmic,” in which I invite my guests to share what’s lifting their spirits and offering them healing and hope right now.In this moving episode of Psalms for the Spirit, I sit down with SueAnn Shiah ~ a Taiwanese American musician, filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, community organizer, and Queer Christian pastor. Through her creative and pastoral work, SueAnn weaves together questions of faith, identity, belonging, and justice, always grounded in her deep

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Psalm of the Week: O Give Thanks/Psalm 107

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2025/08/18

Testifying to God’s power to redeem us in times of trouble, this Psalm is set to ‘The Meeting of the Waters.’ It tells story after story of God redeeming people from various situations ~ wandering in deserts, imprisoned by misery and grief, stormy waters ~ and it continues to return to the encouraging message passed on from those who have experienced redemption: “From trouble, God will redeem us still.”Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further questions for

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46:03

Mountaineering, Fasting, and the Power of Curiosity...

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2025/08/13

Welcome to this new series, “Something Psalmic,” in which I invite my guests to share what’s lifting their spirits and offering them healing and hope right now.In this soulful episode of Psalms for the Spirit, I’m joined by Saima Masud, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a deep passion for compassionate frameworks in antiracism, extremism, and everyday chaos. Saima brings both her professional wisdom and her personal story to this conversation ~ from navigating global crises to finding sacred

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Psalm of the Week: Banks of the Nile/Psalm 106

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2025/08/11

Recounting the story of the Exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea, this song is set to the English tune ‘The Snow it Melts the Soonest’ proclaims God’s compassion despite the people’s continued rebellion and doubt. Telling the tale plainly and with a slightly ominous tone, this Psalm invites us to confess our own propensity to turn away, even when God has done great things for us.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal, which includes further

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Singing, Poetry, and the God who Holds Us [Something...

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2025/08/06

Welcome to this new series, “Something Psalmic,” in which I invite my guests to share what’s lifting their spirits and offering them healing and hope right now.In this rich and moving episode of Psalms for the Spirit, I’m joined by Rev. Cheryl Meban ~ Presbyterian minister, university chaplain, member of the Corrymeela Community, choir singer, and faithful “walker of the Way.” Born during the conflict in Northern Ireland to English and Scots/Irish parents, Cheryl’s journey has taken her from Belfast

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Psalm of the Week: Praise the Lord All the...

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2025/08/04

This Psalm praises the God of creation and is based on an old version of the air ‘Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn,’ rediscovered by singer Pádraigin Ní Uallacháin, which marks the arrival of summer. It moves through various aspects of the natural world, considering how God is behind it all, and as the Psalm concludes, we are led into thankfulness for all of life’s “good things,” for life and breath, for which we might sing our undying praise.Continue your reflections with the accompanying journal,

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Community, Creative Writing, and the God of Surprises...

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2025/07/30

Welcome to this new series, “Something Psalmic,” in which I invite my guests to share what’s lifting their spirits and offering them healing and hope right now.In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, I’m joined by Jim Deeds, a pastoral worker, poet, and author whose “yes” to God’s invitation years ago set him on a winding and spirit-filled path. Formerly a social worker, Jim now serves communities across Ireland ~ mostly in the Catholic sector ~ offering retreats, pilgrimages, and spiritual

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