The Poetry of Pain: A Study Day in Lamentations (13 May 2013)
Date:
13-05-2013
Author:
LICC
Western cultures are notoriously averse to pain and tragedy. We’re no longer shy in talking about sex, but seem lost for words when it comes to grief and death. In churches too, Christians are more comfortable singing in a major key of joyful praise, but less familiar with the minor keys of mournful despair. The biblical book of Lamentations is t...
