God invites us to authenticity and boldness as we engage with him. Lament is his invitation to hold nothing back, but to express the contents of heart—especially the matters of pain, confusion, anger, and sorrow. This series of posts takes a look at the gift of lament and explores how to practice it in our lives.
Bilingual Faith: The Language of Lament in Psalm 88
The heart speaks a universal language through the medium of music, capturing life’s joys and…
What about the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
What is the significance of the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday? While not…
The Language of Pain and Honesty
Certain stretches of existence are damn near unbearable. Life has a way of kicking us…
Job’s Miserable Comforters
The book of Job is a guide on how to engage God in the face…
Praying to God against God
Seething in prayer, Job questions, “does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise…
He Will Not Let Me Get My Breath
He Will Not Let me Get My Breath Life is hard. It leaves us breathless,…
Counseling a Despairing Man
I think Scripture is loaded with great instruction for engaging with people in all seasons…
The Gift of God in the Book of Lamentations
The presence of Lamentations in the Bible points us to the kindness and graciousness of…
Daily Mercy
In the last post we talked about our daily trouble. This post is a fitting…
Lament and Unseen Footprints
For the singer of Psalm 77, comfort is a stranger. His is a season of…
Lament Dramatized
Claus Westermann called the book of Job a “dramatized lament.” In the psalms we only…
Rhythm of Life: Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation
Death and resurrection are the center of our faith, they also form the rhythm of…
The Anatomy of the Soul
John Calvin called the psalms the “anatomy of the soul.” He recognized that the diversity…
Luther on the Gift of Psalms
Martin Luther loved the book of Psalms. His thinking and theology were greatly influenced by…
What you won’t find in God’s heart
God is sovereign and pain is pervasive. This is a tension I uncomfortably affirm. There…
Comfort in Strange Places
Job only makes sense to the suffering man. We often approach this book like Job’s…
The Gospel and Grief
The Bible is the definitive guide to grief. Unflinchingly honest, the Scriptures tell us about…
The Two Sided Conversation of Faith
The life of faith is life before the face of God. Not just portions of…
Unseen Footprints
For the singer of Psalm 77, comfort is a stranger. His is a season of…