Sheltering Mercy: Prayers Inspired by the Psalms

Sheltering Mercy helps us rediscover the rich treasures of the Psalms--through free-verse prayer renderings of their poems and hymns--as a guide to personal devotion and meditation. The church has always used the Psalms as part of its prayer life, and they have inspired countless other prayers. This book contains 75 prayers drawn from Psalms 1-75, providing lyrical sketches of what authors Ryan Whitaker Smith and Dan Wilt have seen, heard, and felt while sojourning in the Psalms. While each prayer corresponds to a particular psalm and touches on its themes and ideas, it is not a new translation of the Psalms or an attempt to modernize or contextualize their content or language. Rather, the prayers are responses to the Psalms written in harmony with Scripture. These prayers help us quiet our hearts before God and welcome us into a safe place amid the storms of life. This artful, poetic, and classic devotional book features compelling custom illustrations and beautiful hardcover binding, offering a fresh way to reflect on and pray the Psalms. Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Bible & Devotional)

Publisher: Baker
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781587435461

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Ryan Whitaker Smith is an author and filmmaker from Nashville, Tennessee. His projects include The Jesus Music, a documentary about the history of contemporary Christian music, and film adaptations of the award-winning memoir Surprised by Oxford and G. K. Chesterton's The Ball and the Cross. He has collaborated with his father, Michael W. Smith, on songs, music videos, and concert specials. Dan Wilt is a songwriter, speaker, educator, and author who has his own teaching ministry in worship and spiritual formation through DanWilt.com. He has served as a pastor and encourager of creative leaders and has written several devotionals, including A Well-Worn Path and Songs Are a Place We Go. Wilt is also a contributing author to Perspectives on Worship: Five Views and an internationally respected communicator on worship and the arts. He lives outside Nashville, Tennessee.

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"Reading the Psalms is a very good thing to do. Singing the Psalms is even better. But best of all is when we pray the Psalms. For millennia believers have used the Psalms as a school of prayer, as a model for prayer, and as a springboard to prayer. This beautifully crafted rendering of the Psalms gives voice to the cries of our hearts, depth to our intercessions, and breadth to our supplications. Find here refreshment and renewal." George Grant, Parish Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Tennessee; author of The Blood of the Moon and The Micah Mandate