Change the Script: Transforming Your Thought Life Through Lament

Do you ever give much thought to the voice inside your head?  I’m talking about the script that so often seems to run on auto pilot and provides an endless flow of messages in which we may not even be aware.  This dialogue we unwittingly have with ourselves can be so constant and repetitive that we ...

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Is It Grumbling or Lamenting?

“God is our refuge and strength, An ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way And the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, Though its waters roar and foam And the mountains quake with their surging.” Psalm 46:1-3   Psalm 46 opens with ...

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Let the Little Children Come: Childhood Lament

Have you ever been taken aback by a child’s brutal honesty? Perhaps a comment about your wrinkles or the way you smell, or even a wiser observation about your mood or way of being. I think of this often as I remember all of the play therapy clients that I have worked with, but also in observing my ...

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Blessed are Those Who Lament

The upside-down Kingdom of Jesus is one that leaves many of us scratching our heads in confusion. Jesus has a lot to say about how to live in the Kingdom of God and what a life of apprenticing to Him produces within the inner man and woman despite life’s circumstances. The Sermon on the Mount ...

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Lamenting in Marriage

Marriage, in its purest form, is a lifelong, covenant relationship between one man, one woman, and God. It is meant to be a loving, intimate, and selfless relationship that involves spiritual, emotional, and physical closeness. The Bible describes marriage as having many purposes, including ...

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