Rooted: 30 Days in the Psalms

The Psalms are the prayer book of the Bible, raw, honest, and deeply human. This thirty-day journey pairs one psalm per day with a contemplative reading practice.

Rooted: 30 Days in the Psalms

How this Journey works

For three thousand years, people have prayed the Psalms. They cover everything: joy and grief, praise and rage, confidence and doubt. There is nothing you are feeling right now that the Psalms have not already put into words.

This journey takes you through 30 psalms in 30 days, but it is not a speed-read. Each day you will practice lectio divina: reading slowly, sitting with a phrase, and letting it work on you. Zoe delivers the psalm each morning, walks you through the contemplative reading, and then follows up throughout the day to help you carry it with you. By the end, you will not just know the Psalms better. You will have a practice for reading Scripture that lasts.

The 30 days.

A passage for each day, and a question to carry with you.

  1. 01

    Psalm 1

    Two Paths

    What does it mean to be 'planted by streams of water' in your life right now?

  2. 02

    Psalm 8

    What Is Humanity?

    When was the last time you looked up at the sky and felt genuinely small?

  3. 03

    Psalm 13

    How Long, O Lord?

    What question have you been asking God that still doesn't have an answer?

  4. 04

    Psalm 16

    The Path of Life

    What does 'fullness of joy in your presence' actually feel like to you?

  5. 05

    Psalm 19

    The Heavens Declare

    Where do you most clearly see God's fingerprint in creation?

  6. 06

    Psalm 22

    Why Have You Forsaken Me?

    Have you ever felt utterly abandoned by God? What happened next?

  7. 07

    Psalm 23

    The Lord Is My Shepherd

    Which line of this psalm do you most need to hear today? Sit with it for a few minutes.

  8. 08

    Psalm 27

    One Thing I Ask

    If you could ask God for one thing, what would it be? Not the Sunday school answer — the real one.

  9. 09

    Psalm 30

    Weeping to Dancing

    What season of mourning in your life eventually gave way to something beautiful?

  10. 10

    Psalm 32

    The Joy of Forgiveness

    Is there something you've been carrying that you need to confess? What would it feel like to let it go?

  11. 11

    Psalm 34

    Taste and See

    Where have you 'tasted' God's goodness recently — even in a small way?

  12. 12

    Psalm 37:1–11

    Trust and Do Good

    What are you fretting about right now? What would it look like to trust God with it — specifically?

  13. 13

    Psalm 40:1–5

    He Lifted Me Up

    Tell the story of a time God pulled you out of something. Remember the details.

  14. 14

    Psalm 42

    As the Deer

    What are you thirsty for right now? Be honest.

  15. 15

    Psalm 46

    God Is Our Refuge

    What would change in your day if you really believed 'the Lord of hosts is with us'?

  16. 16

    Psalm 51

    Create in Me

    Where do you need a clean heart today? Ask God specifically.

  17. 17

    Psalm 63

    My Soul Thirsts for You

    David wrote this in a desert. What's your desert right now — and can you still praise God there?

  18. 18

    Psalm 73

    Until I Entered the Sanctuary

    Have you ever been jealous of someone who doesn't follow God? What shifted your perspective?

  19. 19

    Psalm 84

    Better Is One Day

    What does it feel like to be in God's presence for you? Can you describe it?

  20. 20

    Psalm 90

    Teach Us to Number Our Days

    How would you live today if you genuinely believed your time was limited?

  21. 21

    Psalm 91

    Under His Wings

    What does it mean to make the Most High your dwelling place — in a practical, daily sense?

  22. 22

    Psalm 100

    Enter His Gates

    Start today with thanksgiving. Name five specific things. No generics.

  23. 23

    Psalm 103

    Forget Not His Benefits

    Which of God's benefits do you most take for granted? Healing, forgiveness, redemption, love, compassion?

  24. 24

    Psalm 116

    I Love the Lord

    When did God hear your cry? Can you remember the exact moment?

  25. 25

    Psalm 119:105–112

    A Lamp to My Feet

    What decision in front of you needs light right now?

  26. 26

    Psalm 121

    I Lift Up My Eyes

    Where does your help come from? Not in theory — where did it come from this week?

  27. 27

    Psalm 130

    Out of the Depths

    From what depths have you called out to God? What did you learn in the waiting?

  28. 28

    Psalm 136:1–9

    His Love Endures Forever

    Write your own version of Psalm 136. List specific things God has done, followed by 'his love endures forever.'

  29. 29

    Psalm 139

    You Know Me

    What does it feel like to be completely known — not just your public self, but all of it?

  30. 30

    Psalm 150

    Let Everything Praise

    You've been in the Psalms for 30 days. What has changed in how you talk to God?

Let the thread carry it.

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