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paperbackProphetic Lament
A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
by Soong-Chan Rah
Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeilThe American church avoids lament but lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Soong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future.
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Lament is a profoundly spiritual act. In this article, 'Hopeful Lament' author Terra McDaniel shares how this sacred act is woven throughout Scripture and our shared histories, with wisdom for how visceral practices like walking a labyrinth can help us tend to our grief.
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paperbackHopeful Lament
Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices
by Terra McDaniel
We've lost the practice of lament. Because most of us don't know how to process our mourning, we are left struggling. Tracing devastating losses and upheavals, Terra McDaniel makes space for the powerful act of crying out before a loving God through provoking reflection questions, embodied practices, and applications for families with kids.
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paperbackWalking with God Through the Valley
Recovering the Purpose of Biblical Lament
by May Young
What does is mean for the church to recover the biblical practice of lament? Drawing deeply from key passages in Scripture, Old Testament scholar May Young offers a guide for readers to gain deep understanding of lament texts and grow a true practice of lament that helps us move through pain and suffering to experience God's renewed hope.
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paperbackToward a Prophetic Youth Ministry
Theory and Praxis in Urban Context
by Fernando Arzola Jr.
Fernando Arzola Jr. addresses the gap in the literature of youth ministry resources conceived and realized in an urban setting. He brings together three dominant paradigms--traditional, liberal and activist--to create an approach that is informed by Scripture and the contemporary realities of adolescent development in an urban setting.
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paperbackWalking Through Twilight
A Wife's Illness—A Philosopher's Lament
by Douglas Groothuis
Foreword by Nicholas WolterstorffHow do you continue to find God as dementia pulls your loved one into the darkness? Philosopher Douglas Groothuis offers a window into his experience of caring for his wife as a rare form of dementia ravages her once-brilliant mind. Mixing personal narrative with spiritual insight, he captures moments of lament as well as theological reflection and poignant pictures of their life together.
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paperbackThe Other Side of the Wall
A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope
by Munther Isaac
Christians have lived in Palestine since the earliest days of the Jesus movement, yet they are often unheard and ignored in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With both lament and hope, Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac offers a theology of the land and a vision for a shared land that belongs to God, where there are no second-class citizens of any kind.
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ebookProphetic Lament
A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
by Soong-Chan Rah
Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeilThe American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Soong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future.
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Soong-Chan Rah
Soong-Chan Rah (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Previously, he served as Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of Prophetic Lament, The Next Evangelicalism, and Many Colors, as well as coauthor of Unsettling Truths, Forgive Us, and Return to Justice.
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paperbackYoung, Gifted, and Black
A Journey of Lament and Celebration
by Sheila Wise Rowe
Giving voice to the real-life stories of Black millennials and younger adults, Sheila Wise Rowe goes beyond their struggles to point towards hope, joy, and healing. Drawing on years of counseling trauma and abuse survivors, she provides stories, reflections, and tools for Black readers of all ages as they journey toward healing from the barriers affecting them, their children, and their communities.
