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Learning to Lament

Published: June 7, 2020, 10 a.m.

During these challenging times where there is a lot of a bad and troubling news bombarding us every day... police brutality, racial injustice, pandemic, economic depression, political instability - it's enough to overwhelm us. In this context it is helpful to grasp the biblical practice of lament - were we can mourn and even complain before God about the loss of good things and at all the injustices in our world. In this sermon, Pastor Richard encourages us to enter into all these experiences through honest lamenting before God - particularly using the Psalms of Lament. Psalm 44, Psalm 77