Richard Bruxvoort Colligan’s Dangerous Songs is about the Psalms, but it is really about being human.
We talk about depression, grief, outrage, gratitude, joy, violence, music, and the temptation to use religion to explain things that cannot be neatly explained.
What I like about Richard’s approach is its lack of sentimentality. The Psalms don’t tell us everything is fine. They tell us other human beings have been frightened, furious, grateful, lonely, joyful, and lost too.
Sometimes that is enough to keep us company.
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Richard Bruxvoort Colligan is a musician and student of the Psalms. He holds an MA in theology and the arts from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, and a DMin in grief work from Eden Seminary. He is director of spiritual formation at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minnesota.