Lamenting The Pandemic Season

Author : Gwendolyn Carole Tipton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666756494

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Lamenting the Pandemic Season by Gwendolyn Carole Tipton Pdf

Gwendolyn Carole Tipton believes that King David kept a journal that became part of the Psalms. He wrote of his sorrow, pain, joy, gratefulness and concluded each message with words of praise to God. Lamenting the pandemic season is her book of Psalms. Like King David, Tipton's journal examines the events of the day with myriad observations and aspirations. During the pandemic, she wrote about things happening in her and others' lives that fostered abrupt changes in their comings and goings and emotional feelings about how to simply be still. Throughout this book, the author puts forth numerous Bible verses to validate her belief in God's covenant with us and present prayers of supplication petitioning God for help and intervention. Our lives are changing, and we are not at the helm of the transformation. Journaling will help us get through today, the days ahead, and remember the past.

Author : Gwendolyn Carole Tipton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666756470

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Lamenting the Pandemic Season by Gwendolyn Carole Tipton Pdf

Gwendolyn Carole Tipton believes that King David kept a journal that became part of the Psalms. He wrote of his sorrow, pain, joy, gratefulness and concluded each message with words of praise to God. Lamenting the pandemic season is her book of Psalms. Like King David, Tipton’s journal examines the events of the day with myriad observations and aspirations. During the pandemic, she wrote about things happening in her and others’ lives that fostered abrupt changes in their comings and goings and emotional feelings about how to simply be still. Throughout this book, the author puts forth numerous Bible verses to validate her belief in God’s covenant with us and present prayers of supplication petitioning God for help and intervention. Our lives are changing, and we are not at the helm of the transformation. Journaling will help us get through today, the days ahead, and remember the past.

Author : TOM WRIGHT
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281085125

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God and the Pandemic by TOM WRIGHT Pdf

‘Superbly written, utterly Bible based. . . Do not hesitate!’ Archbishop Justin Welby What are we supposed to think about the coronavirus crisis? Some people think they know: ‘This is a sign of the End,’ they say. ‘It’s all predicted in the book of Revelation.’ Others disagree but are equally clear: ‘This is a call to repent. God is judging the world and through this disease he’s telling us to change.’ Some join in the chorus of blame and condemnation: ‘It’s the fault of the Chinese, the government, the World Health Organization...' Tom Wright examines these reactions to the virus and finds them wanting. Instead, he invites you to consider a different way of seeing and responding – a way that draws on the teachings and examples of scripture, and above all on the way of living, thinking and praying revealed to us by Jesus.

Author : John Holdsworth
Publisher : Sacristy Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789591613

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Honest Sadness by John Holdsworth Pdf

Honest Sadness examines lament as a means of articulating faithful incomprehension, and as a resource for what have been called communities of honest sadness.

Author : Doman Lum
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725290907

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The Great Coronavirus Pandemic and Messages from the Prophets by Doman Lum Pdf

As we witness the mounting illness and death toll of the coronavirus, the messages of the Old Testament prophets offer comfort and truth. They call us to repentance and affirm God's faithfulness. Doman Lum crafts twenty-one sermons which preach the good news of God's love. The story of the great pandemic involves the impact of COVID-19, President Donald Trump, the murder and killings of African Americans, and the 2020 presidential election. The Old Testament prophets and contemporary biblical theologians share spiritual insights, faith, and trust. Lum encourages the reader to become involved in the public response, the public health programs, and government responsibility to cope with this health crisis as citizens of the United States. This book features the reading of Scriptures, profound and thoughtful sermons, and pastoral prayers. It is for the individual, family, community, and nation who seek spiritual counsel in the midst of the pandemic.

Author : Lydia Gimenez-Llort,Marie-José H. E. Gijsberts,Efosa Kenneth Oghagbon,Heloisa Viscaino Fernandes Souza Pereira,Sara Invitto,Virginia Torres-Lista
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889760992

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Death and Mourning Processes in the Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) by Lydia Gimenez-Llort,Marie-José H. E. Gijsberts,Efosa Kenneth Oghagbon,Heloisa Viscaino Fernandes Souza Pereira,Sara Invitto,Virginia Torres-Lista Pdf

Author : Annette Potgieter
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781779952387

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Resilience in a VUCA world by Annette Potgieter Pdf

This book sheds light on how humans deal with adversity, especially in uncertain and turbulent times, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resilience theory has become popular in scholarly discourse, and the term is difficult to define as so many opinions exist. This book aims to engage critically with resilience theory as a scholarly debate from the unique vantage point of the world of social work as well as theology. This specific aspect of originality contributes to the generation of new knowledge in the broad field of social sciences and humanities. The inception of the book stems from an interdisciplinary conference held at Hugenote Kollege, Wellington, where scholars from social work as well as theology engaged in a discourse on resilience. Professor Adrian van Breda, a specialist in resilience theory and from the social work department of the University of Johannesburg, was one of the keynote speakers, inspiring scholars to understand what is meant by resilience. Professor Yolanda Dreyer from the University of Pretoria and a seasoned theologian and prolific writer on trauma and resilience, was also a keynote speaker, providing insights from a theological perspective. The collaboration between these two fields of thought is unique and rendered new insights into engaging with resilience. Different methodologies and perspectives from researchers are prevalent as contributors are from different scholarly fields. The book ranges from linguistical, liturgical, philosophical, practical, autoethnographical, anthropological, sociological, and online methodological approaches contributing to ways to deal with traumatic, turbulent and trying times. The book is divided into four main themes that stood out from the results obtained at the conference, namely, (1) religious imagination and resilience, (2) communities and resilience, (3) online teaching and resilience, and (4) the resilience of philosophical questions.

Author : Timothy Fritz,Trisha Posey
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666923131

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Lament and Justice in African American History by Timothy Fritz,Trisha Posey Pdf

This book explores lament in African American history from a theological perspective. Part One examines examples of African Americans’ use of lament as a framework for engaging both historical memory and social action. Part Two offers examples of lament as a pedagogical tool in classrooms and other educational settings.

Author : Rebekah Eklund
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725272606

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Practicing Lament by Rebekah Eklund Pdf

In a faith focused on resurrection hope, patient endurance, and victory in Christ, is there any room for pain, doubt, and anger? In Scripture, lament is the prayer that makes that room. Not only is lament one of the most common forms of prayer in the Old Testament, it's also woven deeply into the fabric of the New Testament and the Christian way. Lament is the cry for all those who ache over the way things are but aren't content to let them stay that way. It's the prayer for all the ways that the kingdom has not yet come, in the hope that God's justice and peace will prevail--someday.

Author : Eliana Ah-Rum Ku
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666774313

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Lament-Driven Preaching by Eliana Ah-Rum Ku Pdf

This book challenges Christian communities to engage in lament—a mode of existence characterized by impassioned expression, witnessing, and personal or social protest in the face of evil and injustice, reflecting a profound yearning for God’s saving presence. Divine lament responds to, and expresses solidarity with, human suffering, unveiling multiple facets of God’s image and demonstrating a profound sense of divine compassion. Drawing on the Book of Lamentations, Korean concepts related to suffering (han and hanpuri), the Paschal Triduum narratives, and recent homiletic discourses on suffering, the author investigates how complex issues related to grief and hope can be addressed in preaching without diminishing the harsh reality of affliction. Designed to assist preachers, this book encourages a more intentional approach to addressing suffering, specifically by advocating for lament as a transitional space between affliction and hope. Furthermore, readers are invited to contemplate the significance of the church, which, within a world in decline, embodies the body of Christ, manifesting both the demise and resurrection of God.

Author : Terra McDaniel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514004371

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Hopeful Lament by Terra McDaniel Pdf

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 instead struggle 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.

Author : Steve Brown
Publisher : New Growth Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645073062

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Laughter and Lament by Steve Brown Pdf

What do we do with the sadness and the joy that living in a broken world brings to our lives? Most try to avoid the tears and focus on finding happiness. Denial might help to alleviate pain, but eventually lament must be faced and expressed. Steve Brown shows that learning to lament honestly to God is the surprising path to learning about real joy.

Author : Bruce K. Waltke,James M. Houston,Erika Moore
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802868091

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The Psalms as Christian Lament by Bruce K. Waltke,James M. Houston,Erika Moore Pdf

The Psalms as Christian Lament, a companion volume to The Psalms as Christian Worship, uniquely blends verse-by-verse commentary with a history of Psalms interpretation in the church from the time of the apostles to the present. Bruce Waltke, James Houston, and Erika Moore examine ten lament psalms, including six of the seven traditional penitential psalms, covering Psalms 5, 6, 7, 32, 38, 39, 44, 102, 130, and 143. The authors -- experts in the subject area -- skillfully establish the meaning of the Hebrew text through careful exegesis and trace the church's historical interpretation and use of these psalms, highlighting their deep spiritual significance to Christians through the ages. Though C. S. Lewis called the "imprecatory" psalms "contemptible," Waltke, Houston, and Moore show that they too are profitable for sound doctrine and so for spiritual health, demonstrating that lament is an important aspect of the Christian life.

Author : Eleazar S. Fernandez
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666709216

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Threshold Dwellers in the Age of Global Pandemic by Eleazar S. Fernandez Pdf

So many lives have been lost now and the death toll still continues to rise because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The poor and the marginalized, not surprisingly, have been disproportionately affected. The pandemic has exposed the fault lines not only in our healthcare but also in our political and economic system, a system driven by the pursuit of the bottom line--profits. If we are not only to survive but also thrive as a global society, the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic must lead us to explore ways of thinking, being, and dwelling that promote our shared flourishing. It is time to take personal stock about ourselves: who we are, where we have been, and where we are heading. What can the pandemic teach us about ourselves? What is it revealing about us and our situation? How shall we dwell together? Do we want to wake up to a new and better tomorrow after this nighttime of pandemic? That will largely depend on the way we respond now. Who are we becoming in this time of pandemic? What daily practices are we doing as embodiments of the new world we are anticipating?

Author : J. Richard Middleton
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493430888

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Abraham's Silence by J. Richard Middleton Pdf

It is traditional to think we should praise Abraham for his willingness to sacrifice his son as proof of his love for God. But have we misread the point of the story? Is it possible that a careful reading of Genesis 22 could reveal that God was not pleased with Abraham's silent obedience? Widely respected biblical theologian, creative thinker, and public speaker J. Richard Middleton suggests we have misread and misapplied the story of the binding of Isaac and shows that God desires something other than silent obedience in difficult times. Middleton focuses on the ethical and theological problem of Abraham's silence and explores the rich biblical tradition of vigorous prayer, including the lament psalms, as a resource for faith. Middleton also examines the book of Job in terms of God validating Job's lament as "right speech," showing how the vocal Job provides an alternative to the silent Abraham. This book provides a fresh interpretation of Genesis 22 and reinforces the church's resurgent interest in lament as an appropriate response to God.