Hopeful Lament Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices by Terra Mcdaniel

Hopeful Lament Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices by Terra Mcdaniel

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We need to rediscover lament to heal and hope again.

We've lost the practice of lament. Most people don't know how to process personal or communal mourning and insteadstruggle to honor their tears, vulnerability, and the full weight of these disillusioning times. But tending our grief might be exactly what we need to reimagine a way forward.

Tracing her difficult experiences of a catastrophic home fire, a threat to her child's well-being, and other devastating losses and upheavals, Terra McDaniel offers a clear framework for expressing heartache and burdens. McDaniel says, "Lament is surprisingly hopeful. As strange as that may sound now, I promise it's true. It's an act of trust both that we can face pain and survive, and that God cares about our anger, confusion, doubt, grief, and fear. Lament refuses to bury pain or, just as dangerous, to give in to despair."

Hopeful Lament makes space for the powerful act of crying out before a loving God and offers provoking reflection questions, embodied practices, and applications for families with children. Learn how to journey gently through suffering.

Doug Sherman is a husband and father, businessman and pilot, author and speaker. He has written several books on faith in the marketplace, including Your Work Matters to God, and has a master's degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He met Jesus at age fourteen and has loved every minute of the adventure of walking with God.

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ISBN 13	9781514003107
ISBN 10	1514003104
Title	Hopeful Lament Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices
Author	Terra Mcdaniel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2023-10-10
Number of pages	192
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