Ep 119 - Dangerous Songs with Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

About this episode

Richard Bruxvoort Colligan discusses the importance of dangerous Psalms and their relevance to human experience in faith.

Some songs are too dangerous for the songbook—and that's exactly why we need them. Richard Bruxvoort Colligan joins Dawn and Ruth from Rochester, MN fresh from selling his Iowa home and diving into his first book: “Dangerous Songs: The Psalms in a Gloriously Disrupted Life,” dropping April 21 with a music-focused kickoff event. Here's what makes this conversation so compelling: Richard's not talking about the pretty, comforting Psalms you hear in worship. He's diving into the extreme songs—the ones about thriving, desolation, and unknowing. The violent ones. The frightening ones. The ones that make you go "wait, this is in the Bible?" He shares what he learned about ego through the editing process, his writing journey, and how the Psalms aren't just ancient poetry but raw, honest expressions of what it means to be human when life gets gloriously disrupted. Plus, he's got future book ideas brewing and runs "psalmimmersion" on Instagram. This episode is for anyone who has ever wondered why we sanitize the Bible's most honest moments, or who needs permission to bring their whole messy, complicated, disrupted life to their faith. LINKS: Support this podcast by becoming a patron…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dawn Trautman, Ruth Hetland

Guest: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

Topics covered

• Psalms
• faith
• music
• human experience
• disruption
• writing

Keywords

• Psalms
• dangerous songs
• faith
• writing journey
• human experience
• disruption
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: psalmimmersion, bigpicturebigpurpose.com, consecrate.cratejoy.com, worldmaking.net

Books & works: Dangerous Songs: The Psalms in a Gloriously Disrupted Life

Places: Rochester, MN, Iowa

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