Lamentations

The Jerusalem Post contains a report/review here of  Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World by Yael Ziegler. It is an interesting overview of this neglected book.

A Thought on Lament

I keep a continual stack of reading material on my nightstand. Recently, I picked up a volume from the stack that I had thumbed through a few times and found this insightful thought.

Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God. Without lament we won't know how to process our pain. Silence, bitterness, and even anger can dominate our spiritual lives instead. Without lament we won't know how to help people walking through sorrow. Instead, we will offer trite solutions, unhelpful comments, or impatient responses. What's more without the sacred song of sorrow, we''ll miss the lessons historical laments are intended to teach us.

Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament (Wheaton: Crossway, 2019), 21.

Preaching Hope and Lament from the Psalms

The latest issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society is out has an article by Ken Langley on preaching hope and lament from the Psalms. You can access the article or free here or the other articles here.

Misconceptions Concerning Lament

Carmen Imes corrects three misconceptions concerning lament here.