It was such an honor to be invited to join as a guest on Lamplighter Ministries' podcast, Fastened Like Nails , with Dr. Mark Hamby. When I worked for Lamplighter as a sales rep at conferences and as staff at the third Master's Guild for Creative Disciplines, as well as when I attended the first two guilds and a writer's apprenticeship weekend, one of the highlights was always the devotionals Dr. Hamby would spring on us. He seemed to always have something new and interesting that I had never considered out of the Scriptures to talk about with us, whether it was a planned devotion at the Mohonk Mountain House or at breakfast at Panera before a day of selling books at a conference. One of the things he would emphasize is how God communicates, not just with WHAT Scripture says, but HOW Scriptures says it, through artistry and structure. So when I came across what seemed to be an intentional teaching tool using a poetic structure in Psalms 9 and 10, I wanted to share it with...