Verse of the day

The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
– Lamentations 3:19-20

Voice of the day

We forget the necessity of lament over suffering and pain. Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Absence makes the heart forget. The absence of lament in the liturgy of the American church results in the loss of memory.
– Soong-Chan Rah, “The American Church’s Absence of Lament”

Prayer of the day

Help us remember the need for lament, that in grieving we may find your healing and presence in our pain.