Let’s Talk About Mummy Movies (and Life After Death)
Ancient Egyptians were deeply involved in questions of the afterlife: God did indeed set eternity in the hearts of all humanity across the ages.
Lyrics of Lament: Suffering and Theodicy in Hip-Hop
When Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin were killed, when children die around the world of preventable disease, when children and teens experience the “death” of family and get bounced around foster homes, evil is manifest. Suffering has a face. Suddenly questioning God’s plan seems the most reasonable course of action.
Understanding & Lamenting Racial Injustice: CAPC Staff Recommendations
Pop culture is a powerful force for change, and these picks from Christ and Pop Culture staff members are a great place to start.
Persuasion 191 | Practicing Lament in a Viral Age, with John Starke
Erin and Hannah talk with John Starke about the way praying the psalms and practicing lament help us be honest about the overwhelming grief we feel in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning to Listen to #ChurchToo
Flawed and frightening as the #ChurchToo movement may be, the Christian community’s redemptive power as those indwelled by the Holy Spirit is greater.
You Can’t Skip Lament and Have a Happy New Year
Lament recognizes that we are pictures of the kingdom of God, not drawn to scale.
Nick Cave’s Skeleton Tree Is a Modern Cry of Lament
What is that elusive quality that imbues certain pieces of music with a genuine sense of pain?
Tragedy and the Balm of Silent Lament
What’s often lost in our desire for a better, safer world is compassion, empathy, and a shared sense of grief.
Past Is Prologue: Nas’ Illmatic and the Language of Lament
Illmatic reminds us that the struggle is real, and the sorrow we experience from it doesn’t have to be hidden away.
Pop Stars, The Israelites & The Necessity of Lament
How an ancient form of Biblical poetry and modern pop music might help the Church better minister to the suffering.
