“A justice imagination is resistance at work. Those with a justice imagination find it within their hearts to imagine anyhow.””
PSALMS FOR BLACK LIVES
In the summer of 2020, while composing a series of devotionals on the Psalms for their church, the Double Love Experience, authors Rev. Dr. Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes & Rev. Andrew Wilkes recognized that these ancient words spoke truth & inspiration not only to their immediate community, but also to the growing number of people doing the holy, demanding work of pursuing justice, undoing structural racism & building a society that truly values Black lives.
The Psalms speak power today as they always have. They have spoken across generations. They have bridged cultural divides & social contexts with their emotional rawness, urge towards justice & blunt candor about the coarse edges of walking with God.
Psalms for Black Lives includes 30 devotions, each containing a psalm, a reflection & an invitation for the reader to develop a justice imagination through further engagement with the text. Psalms for Black Lives also includes daily discussion questions to support small-group study & a guide for congregational & community groups who want to embody the words of the Psalms together.
