How to Cope with a Life That’s Too Short | Ep. 55 | Ps. 90 Part 1 - Finding God in the Psalms

About this episode

The episode discusses how to cope with the brevity of life through the lens of Psalm 90, exploring themes of resignation and resistance.

Highlights: How to Cope with a Life That’s Too Short Psalm 90 (Part 1) : Finding God in the Psalms Two responses to the brevity of life: Resignation: Learn to accept the brutal reality of a life that’s too short. Admit defeat. Resistance - Affirm that there IS something wrong with the way things are. Death is a tyrant. An enemy to be defeated. Our hope (is) finally to emerge from the tyranny (of time), the poverty of time, to ride it not to be ridden by it. We are so little reconciled to time...

People in this episode

Host: Andy Wiegand

Topics covered

• coping with life
• brevity of life
• finding God
• Psalms
• resignation
• resistance

Keywords

• life
• Psalm 90
• God
• brevity
• resignation
• resistance
• hope
• time

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Psalm 90

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