#Lament

Alia Joy

AliaJoyH

When we are bewildered by our distant, unseeable God, we don't turn away; we live into the tension that even though we are afflicted and feeling forsaken, our gracious and

Kyle MacDonald

thatkylemac

I'm gonna be honest, I'm exhausted by all the people parroting "we need to make space to lament." Do we even know what lament is in the United States? Lament

Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study

bible_na

I was thinking that maybe there's scope for a Lamentations style Acrostic poem as an online communal collaboration. I would put the resulting effort on a blog (unless someone knows

Thabiti Anyabwile

ThabitiAnyabwil

The sustained attacks faced by @drjjwilliams and others is one of the reasons you know segments of the SBC and Reformed evangelicalism is coming off the rails. You won't meet

cнυcĸ degroaт

chuckdegroat

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. The Greek word for mourning (pentheo) is vivid and clear - it invites you to access the yuck on the

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boombooshoot

i was gonna wait until the 1 year anniversary. but i decided not to so here it is:One Year Without a Uterus: A Eulogy I have spent a year without

Propel Women

PropelWomen

You are not alone in your suffering, your struggle, or your lament. On Good Friday, the whole world acknowledges the cross & death of Jesus. Jesus showed us that brokenness

Mary Ononokpono

MOnonokpono

A few years ago I sat down to write. I set out to write a continent-sized lament. The tone was apocalyptic. I didn’t understand at first that it was apocalyptic

Alan Cross

AlanLCross

In 2016 in Montgomery, Greg Gunn, a 58 year old black man was murdered by a white MPD police officer. I went to his home w/ 2 local pastors and

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

The only way to create the right incentives is to praise the very few intellectuals who maintain their integrity and to lament those who cave to the mob. I mean,

Sally Lewis

RslewisSally

I don't like commenting on Covid-19, because there is so much we have yet to learn and I know that many people have acted in good faith.However, in the UK

Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study

bible_na

Right into my 30s I lived a version of Christianity that required that I was #hashtagblessed and "happy" (because "rejoice always"). Right up until I was forced out of a

Kyle J.A. Small 

kjasmall

The church is essential because the people of God, together, constitute a hermeneutic of the gospel (Newbigin). Even in our imperfection, we are a sign, instrument and foretaste of the

Carol Roth

caroljsroth

As people lament the failures of people in federal govt, state govt & local govt, it is clear that the big lesson will be lost: Overdependency on and expectations for

Mike Cosper

MikeCosper

I find it odd (though maybe I shouldn’t) that members of a denomination whose very name enshrines an ideology of white supremacy has the hardest time acknowledging, all these years

M.DivA says #EndSARS

sista_theology

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but all of us need to grieve the life we once knew by shifting into radical acceptance of our present reality.