Terra McDaniel – Hopeful Lament

We’ve lost the practice of lament.  We need to rediscover lament in order to heal and hope again.

Brent talks with Terra McDaniel the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Hopeful Lament: Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices’. 

Terra is a spiritual director for adults and children.  She spend two decades as a pastor and ministry leader and earned her Masters in Divinity at Portland Seminary.  She’s a regular contributor to the Companioning Center Blog. 

• (1:00) Lament;
• (3:30) Covid and grief;
• (6:20) We’ve forgotten how to lament;
• (10:50) Lament and the ancient world;
• (12:30) Job and lament;
• (13:00) Suffering and sensitivity;
• (18:00) Reclaiming lament;
• (19:55) Songs of lament;
• (21:20) Jewish shiva;
• (23:00) Children the forgotten mourners;
• (24:30) Grief and toxic church.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.terramcdaniel.com

www.amazon.com/Hopeful-Lament-Tending-Spiritual-Practices/dp/1514003104

www.ivpress.com

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