NEW SERIES OF DEVOTIONALS BY JAMES CARY - BBC Comedy Writer
Psalm Psupplement
A brand new e-book available for Kindle, iBooks and as PDF.
Forty One Reflections on Psalms 1, 2, 3, 16, 83, 85, 89, 113 & 118.
Psalm Psupplement isn’t a sentimental devotional or a pastor’s sermon notes repackaged for print. It’s forty substantial reflections on the Psalms written by a BBC comedy writer trained to recognise what rings true and what falls flat.
That background gives the book a refreshing clarity.
Again and again, Cary returns to a simple but confronting idea: the answer has been in front of us all along. We don’t need secret knowledge. We need to delight in the Word of the Lord, return to it daily, and let it shape us.
Throughout the book, big themes surface and resurface — God’s unthreatened kingship, the absurdity of human pride, our hunger for justice, the reality of cold hearts that don’t always feel like worship. Cultural illustrations — from crime dramas to Hallmark films to victory parades — aren’t there for comedy’s sake. They expose us. They help us see why Psalm 2 says God laughs, why we crave tidy endings, and why praise often precedes feeling rather than follows it.
Above all, this is a Christ-centred journey through the Psalms that refuses to treat faith as a private hobby. You are brought into a body, not given a spiritual self-improvement plan. Usable during Lent or at any time of year, these forty studies offer depth without heaviness, honesty without cynicism, and a steady invitation to become rooted in what has always been true.
James Cary is a comedy writer for the BBC (Miranda, Hut 33, Bluestone 42, Another Case of Milton Jones), author (The Gospel According to a Sitcom Writer), stand-up theologian (God, the Bible and Everything (in 60 minutes)) and podcaster (The Stand-Up Theologian podcast).
