Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well this is episode two of a four part series we're doing on the podcast.

These were four teachings that I did a number of years ago.

Exploring the Book of Psalms and particularly learning how to adopt the ancient poems and

prayers in the Book of Psalms as like a grammar book teaching me the language of prayer

and biblical faith.

The Book of Psalms contain a wide diversity of people and their different emotional journeys

and experiences as they go through life.

And they teach us what it means to talk to God not just when things are good but in the

whole variety from good to horrible seasons and experiences that we have in life.

This teaching is based on Psalm 22 and we're reflecting on the poets experience of

extreme suffering and pain.

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