The Therapeutic Use of Lamentations after Collective Trauma
Lamentations is a gift to soothe our personal griefs and secure our membership in a cloud of suffering witnesses to the faithfulness of God.
Answering War, Violence, and Evil with the Imprecatory Psalms
The recent invasion of Ukraine by order of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has confronted the world with heartbreaking images of…
How the ‘Angry Psalms’ Fit within the Story of God and His People
The theological coherence and moral intelligibility of the imprecatory psalms is grounded in the story within which they prayerfully participate.
The Psalms Give a Voice to Workers Laboring in a Fallen World
The psalms not only describe, but they also demand a two-way dialogue between work and worship—between the street and the sanctuary.
God Meets Us in Grief: Finding Hope in Ezekiel
It was in the middle of the week when I learned that Renee died. I remember how I felt as…
