Soong-Chan Rah writes about the American Church's lack of lament and why we so desperately need lament in our current social and political climate.

This is one of those books that I wish I had written, but I'm so thankful that I didn't because someone else did a much better job! Rah's writing is clear and and passionate, and for a girl already on board with the need for (at least) weekly lament in congregational gatherings AND whose favourite book of the bible is Lamentations, this blew. my. mind. This accessible-yet-scholarly view of Lamentations leaves the reader with a sense of urgency for churches to not only understand why lament was needed in its particular context, but offers suggestions on the importance of the "why" to begin this process of corporate and personal lament...and casting a vision of what lament could provide to our churches and our individuals in order to worship "well" and to begin to acknowledge our personal and corporate generational sins. And this is just scratching the surface. I urge you - no matter where you are on the conservative-liberal continuum - read this book.

I will be hearing Rah speak in a few months, and I cannot contain my excitement!

Recommended.