Posts from June 2025

Within the biblical tradition, when either the nation or individuals went through periods of despair or challenge, those of faith often employed a literary tool known as lament. When leaders of Israel failed to care for those on the margins, thus weakening the unity and strength of the nation, Babylon conquered and exiled God’s people to a foreign land. From that experience came the book of Lamentation, which from beginning to end contains lament after lament. Despite how Monty Python…