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Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
Joni Eareckson Tada, Mark Vroegop
4.41 AVERAGE
127 reviews for:
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
Joni Eareckson Tada, Mark Vroegop
4.41 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
โ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ. ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐จ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐: ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐; ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐.
I would recommend this to everyone. A must need read book in our Christian circles.
Lament is what gives voice to our pain. Itโs ok to hurt, sorrow, and grieve. Lament helps us do this and build a solid foundation and heal. I listened to this on audio but have have a physical copy and will be going back. There are questions at the end of each chapter to help process thoughts and feelings.
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โ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐.โ
I would recommend this to everyone. A must need read book in our Christian circles.
Lament is what gives voice to our pain. Itโs ok to hurt, sorrow, and grieve. Lament helps us do this and build a solid foundation and heal. I listened to this on audio but have have a physical copy and will be going back. There are questions at the end of each chapter to help process thoughts and feelings.
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โ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐.โ
This book will have a permanent place on my bookshelves. I am 100% sure i will reread and it refer to it many times in the future.
Every Christian should read and have a copy of this book in their homes. If you donโt need this book now, one day you will.
I wish I had read it sooner.
Every Christian should read and have a copy of this book in their homes. If you donโt need this book now, one day you will.
I wish I had read it sooner.
โUntil that day we live between two worlds. Believers in Jesus are called to walk the path between earthly brokenness and heavenly restoration. Lament is our song for this journey.โ
This book was helpful in explaining how to honor God with grief-at all stages-leaving room for anger, frustration, questions, etcโฆI appreciate how the author used the Psalms to show this process, and having done this at multiple times in my own life through various trials and times of grief, it was encouraging to read a book on it. I personally resonated with the whole perspective, and do feel itโs a process that makes many in the church uncomfortable-I would love to see more time and atmosphere given for lament in the ways he describes here-I appreciated his inclusion of examples of community lament and what this looked like in his church. So many today are hurting for so many different reasons, we need the theology of lament to be addressed, and show how itโs modeled in Scripture. Will definitely recommend to others.
A note upfront: I was recommended this book by a progressive Christian to help deal with with some hard times I was going through. This is not a progressive book, it is Evangelical and I have serious theological disagreements with Evangelicals. So keep that in mind in my review.
The good:
His openness to teach and preach about tragedy is necessary, white evangelical culture worships toxic positivity and that is harmful. But he faces tragedy head on without offering excuses for the most part. White American culture needs more of that.
Walking through the different laments in the Bible was very informational. He really draws a line from Biblical times to now and the pain that infuses all human life.
He is open to working through the pain of racism. He admits his own failures on that front and invites others to join him in lamenting corporately the pain of racism. He doesnโt say this will solve racism but the fact that he isnโt a rabid racist screaming about CRT is refreshing.
The section on idolatry is useful.
The bad:
I donโt believe in substitutional atonement, that reduces Godโs power, and the whole of his lesson is built on this.
He spent too much time hating on gay people. He claims he is an exile in this land because gay people can get married. Yea right. Being Christian is still very privileged in our society, you are not an exile here.
He says multiple times that anger towards God is a sin. This is untrue and unhelpful. Being angry with God is natural and does not end a relationship with God.
Overall, itโs mixed. Iโd skip it if you arenโt Evangelical.
The good:
His openness to teach and preach about tragedy is necessary, white evangelical culture worships toxic positivity and that is harmful. But he faces tragedy head on without offering excuses for the most part. White American culture needs more of that.
Walking through the different laments in the Bible was very informational. He really draws a line from Biblical times to now and the pain that infuses all human life.
He is open to working through the pain of racism. He admits his own failures on that front and invites others to join him in lamenting corporately the pain of racism. He doesnโt say this will solve racism but the fact that he isnโt a rabid racist screaming about CRT is refreshing.
The section on idolatry is useful.
The bad:
I donโt believe in substitutional atonement, that reduces Godโs power, and the whole of his lesson is built on this.
He spent too much time hating on gay people. He claims he is an exile in this land because gay people can get married. Yea right. Being Christian is still very privileged in our society, you are not an exile here.
He says multiple times that anger towards God is a sin. This is untrue and unhelpful. Being angry with God is natural and does not end a relationship with God.
Overall, itโs mixed. Iโd skip it if you arenโt Evangelical.
informative
fast-paced