God+My Mess

a messy house, felix culpa, and a Love that's big enough for it all

The author of the excerpt below, in one of my favorite Lenten seasonal readings, is sharing of an experience she had as an artist-in-residence at an elementary school. She encouraged the children to write their own psalms, giving them a way to express more unacceptable feelings such as intense anger or sadness.

One little boy wrote a psalm called, The M…