Later this month, we are offering a chance to learn to pray the psalms in the method described in my book Musica Domestica (which will be published on February 9th, 2027). The workshop will be on Saturday, November 21st, in Princeton, at our home near the seminary. It starts at 10.30 am and will run for a couple of hours. Places are going fast, but contact us if you are interested.
It is almost full, but there are still some spaces left for anyone who might be interested. Please contact us if you are interested.
Since the beginning of the semester in August, Margarita and I have been running our Way of Beauty Fellowship Group every Tuesday morning at 7.15 am in the basement of the seminary chapel. Margarita has also been offering a 1-credit class called The Way of Beauty to 15 students, with the goal of explaining the principles of this formation to people who, we hope, will take it with them to their churches and Christian communities beyond the seminary in the future. In both, I have led people in singing the psalms as part of the prayer practice.
When I lead the singing in these groups, it takes about 10 minutes of initial explanation to help people understand how to join in. However, forming people to do what I have been doing, leading a group with no prior experience in prayer, requires some more intensive work. And that is the purpose of this workshop.
No prior experience or special musical training is needed. As long as you are happy enough with the sound of your own voice to sing when you are alone in the car or in the shower, you probably have enough musical ability to benefit from this workshop! I will teach you to sing and to lead groups in chanting the psalms.
