Resources on Joan Stott

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott reflects for Good Friday on Psalm 22, quoting Walter Brueggemann's three characteristics of lament: describing suffering, petitioning God for action and help, and giving God a reason to act.

Psalm 22

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Trust, God's Presence, Fear, Love

Thanksgiving Day, Everyday

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and praise, and a personal meditation on Psalm 65, reflecting on every day as Thanksgiving Day and how hope is what links every being in God.

Psalm 65

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Hope, Joy, Thanksgiving, Devotion

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 96 for Christmas Eve. God is coming to judge the world with justice and truth.

Psalm 96

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Christmas, Glory, Singing, Justice

Let Us Celebrate Your Goodness

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, a prayer of thankfulness, and a personal meditation on Psalm 122 reflecting on the cataract-surgery-like experience of worship, rejoicing, and being sent out as God’s own people.

Psalm 122

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Blessing, Worship, Sacred Space, Joy

Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17. "God always calls improbable people for impossible tasks."

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17

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Calling, Compassion, Complaint, Comfort

God's True Robes

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of trust and thankfulness, and a personal meditation on Psalms 47 and 93, reflecting on what it means to have “real power” in this world and who holds...

Psalms 47, 93

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Nature, The Power Of God, Reign Of God, Wealth

Craving God

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of trust and petition, and a personal meditation on Psalm 63:1-8, reflecting on the challenge of admitting being in a spiritual "weary land" and yearning for God's presence.

Psalm 63:1-8

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God's Presence, Security In God, Spirituality, Longing

Faithful for a Lifetime

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of petition and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 71:1-6, reflecting on hope that is grounded in “Someone” and borne from a lifetime of experiencing God's faithfulness.

Psalm 71:1-6

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Faith, Hope, Trust, God's Faithfulness

How Miraculous Is Life

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 148, focusing on the theme of God's life-giving, life-sustaining, and life-renewing force.

Psalm 148

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Praise, Creation, Life, Glory

Being Chosen—Honor or Disaster?

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and praise, and a personal meditation on Psalm 105, reflecting on being chosen, why God "claims" people, and God's guidance and blessing through it all.

Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45

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Chosen, Election, Covenant, Obedience

Intimate Knowledge

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24, reflecting on our judgement of ourselves and God's judgement, and what everlasting life actually is.

Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24

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God's Presence, God's Mercy, Knowledge, God's Omniscience

Jesus' Gut-wrenching Compassion

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and praise, and a personal meditation on Psalm 149, reflecting on the troubling relationship between justice and violence, and how Jesus is compassionate to the suffering.

Psalm 149

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Glory, Weapons, Violence, Justice

Tell the Next Generation

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of petition and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16, reflecting on how stories of God's caring actions are often forgotten—we are called to tell them.

Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16

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Grace Of God, Story, God's Provision, Care

God, Our Light At the End of the Tunnel

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of lament and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 130, reflecting on being bold in our prayers to God, the light at the end of the tunnel.

Psalm 130

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Fear, Forgiveness, Hope, Longing

O LORD, how long will you forget me?

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 13. The psalm begins with "the pain of apparent separation from God" and ends with confidence in God's love.

Psalm 13

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Love, Rejoicing, Trust, Waiting

Supreme Being

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness, and a personal meditation on Psalm 114, reflecting on God's supremacy over creation and the various meanings of the word sanctuary.

Psalm 114

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Creation, Nature And Attributes Of God, Sanctuary, God's Omnipotence

A Psalm for Dreamers

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Praise or Thanksgiving

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness, and a personal meditation on Psalm 126, a psalm for "dreamers" who dare to believe in a better, more holy future.

Psalm 126

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Lent, Faith, Hope, Joy

Do You Love the Bible?

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of lament and confession, and a personal meditation on Psalm 119:137-144, reflecting on why so many of us distance ourselves from the Bible.

Psalm 119:137-144

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Bible, Culture, Entertainments, Scripture Reading

Through the Faithfulness of God's People

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of trust and petition, and a personal meditation on Psalm 22, reflecting on the stark contrast between moments of feeling "at home" with God and feeling abandoned.

Psalm 22

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Home, God's Presence, Security In God, Relationship

The earth belongs to God

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation, for All Saints Day, on Psalm 24. "The strong and mighty Lord has defeated the powers of chaos!"

Psalm 24

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All Saints' Day, Glory, Earth, King