Resources on Joan Stott

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott reflects for Maundy Thursday on Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19, which expresses gratitude to God after the author's narrow escape. The author also makes promises to God in the psalm.

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

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Community, Salvation, God's Deliverance, Thanksgiving

God Knows Everything About Me

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18. "Each morning, a new day of God’s grace dawns!"

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18

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God's Presence, Mystery, Creation, Image Of God

Trusting God in Life and Death

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayer, and personal meditation on Psalm 116:1-7, 12-19. She relates her experience in supporting someone whose partner had died under difficult circumstances.

Psalm 116:1-7, 9, 12-19

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Death, Funeral, Hope, Freedom

In the Shadow of the Almighty

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16. God's "faithful promises are your armor and protection."

Psalm 91

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Trust, God's Presence, Hope, Fear

God Accepts Us–Warts and All

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of praise and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, reflecting on how God knows us entirely–our physicality, but even our minds and souls.

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18

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God's Presence, Body, God's Omniscience, Soul

God of Shalom

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, reflecting on the holistic sense of well-being that includes all aspects of life and relationships—God's shalom.

Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13

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Shalom, God's Faithfulness, Revelation, Creation

God's Messages

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 19, reflecting on how God constantly gives us "messages" to teach us and lead us in God's ways.

Psalm 19

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Teaching, Creation, Harmony, Law

The Goal of the Commandments

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 119:105-112, reflecting on what the aim of the Ten Commandments—God's law—are.

Psalm 119:105-112

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Law, Commandments Ten, Justice, Obedience

Planting Tears and Harvesting Joy

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and petition and a meditation on Psalm 126. She writes that those who plant tears will harvest with joy, for “nothing is impossible with God.”

Psalm 126

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Hope, Joy, Healing, Restoration

Those Who Love Me

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16. "People sheltering in God’s presence find their true home in God."

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

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Fear, God's Deliverance, Refuge, Trust

God's Shadow Over Us

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of thankfulness and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, reflecting on God's "shadow over us"—God's presence—that gives us hope, healing, and blessing.

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

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Fear, God's Presence, Promises Of God, Security In God

Guess Who Moved Away?

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Lament

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of lament and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 22, reflecting on recognizing God’s supportive presence even in the midst of experiencing anguish.

Psalm 22

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God's Presence, Lament, Pain, Acceptance

Test-Taking Before God

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Confession

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of confession and petition, and a personal meditation on Psalm 15, reflecting on what kind of "test" we need to take to come before God—moral or spiritual?

Psalm 15

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God's Presence, Morality, Purity, Sacrifice

Don't Worry about the Wicked

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 37:1-9. The psalm encourages waiting patiently in God's presence, even in the face of the apparent prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 37:1-9

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Trust, God's Presence, Waiting, Worry

Grace Journeys With Us

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of trust and thankfulness, and a personal meditation on Psalm 23, reflecting on how we are sent out—with God—into life only after we are quieted and rested.

Psalm 23

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Fear, Shepherd, God's Presence, Sending

Our Home

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Lament

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of lament and petition, and a personal meditation on Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17, reflecting on the many "home" influences, both literally and metaphorically, in our lives.

Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17

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Home, Community, Identity, God's Presence

Our Quiet Centre

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of trust and thankfulness, and a personal meditation on Psalm 130. For the word "fear," terms like "awe" or "understanding" can be substituted.

Psalm 130

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Awe, God's Love, God's Provision, Grace Of God

A Spiritual Home

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Lament

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of lament and trust, and a personal meditation on Psalm 17:1-7, 15, reflecting on developing right relationships with others and being in a right relationship with God.

Psalm 17:1-7, 15

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Community, God's Love, Relationship, Home

That My People Would Listen

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Confession

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers, and a personal meditation on Psalm 81:1, 10-16. In this psalm "the Israelites were urged to hear again and remember God’s words to their forebears."

Psalm 81

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Grace Of God, Listening To God, Nature And Attributes Of God, Voice

God Always Walks With Us

Joan Stott | The Timeless Psalms

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Call to Worship, Prayer of Lament

Joan Stott offers a call to worship, prayers of lament and petition, and a personal meditation on Psalm 5:1-8, reflecting on our constant vulnerability to trouble in life and how our God walks with us, always.

Psalm 5:1-8

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Suffering, Trouble, Justice Of God, Evil