Conversation 1: Learning to Lament in a Culture of Denial

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Conversation 1: Learning to Lament in a Culture of Denial

March 10, 2019 • Rev. Monty C. Wright

Learning to Lament in a Culture of Denial is the first Sunday conversation in the series on the Old Testament book Lamentations. Lamentations is a collection of five poems that names what is wrong and out of order in God’s world, and how we should respond to it. When we learn to lament, we become God’s instruments to hold space for those around us that are hurting. To learn more, listen to conversation one; Learning to Lament in a Culture of Denial.

Conversation 6: Anchored by Hope

April 14, 2019 • Baly Botten

Anchored by Hope is the last Sunday conversation in the Lamentations series. In this message, Pastor Baly shares his personal story of lament and how God led him to change his question from “Why?” to “To What End?” The key here is an anchor of lasting hope that can only be provided by the Lord Himself while in the midst of grief and pain. To hear more, listen to conversation six, Anchored by Hope.

Conversation 5: When You’ve Got Nothing Left

April 7, 2019 • Rev. Monty C. Wright

How can beauty spring from lamentation? When You’ve Got Nothing Left is an important point in the journey of the book of Lamentations. The key is how you respond and move forward when you realize “the gold has lost it’s luster.” To hear more, listen to conversation 5 in the Lamentation series, When You’ve Got Nothing Left.

Conversation 4: When God Spits Nails

March 31, 2019 • Rev. Monty C. Wright

What makes God so mad that He proverbially “spits nails?” The answer to this question is addressed in the fourth Sunday conversation in the Lamentations series. We previously learned that God wants to hear our cry lament to Him, and there was a distinct pivot where He desires for us to align with Him as well. What this means is addressing those three things in our lives that He is outraged by. To hear more, listen to conversation 4, When God Spits Nails.