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I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:...

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; indeed, he has turned his...

When bad things happen, you have lots of questions and no answers… What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I...

Things are sometimes not how they are supposed to be. We look around and know it in our bones. There’s a lament that rises from the depth of our beings as we watch the...

Sometimes there are no words. No words to describe what’s going on. No words to describe what I’m thinking and feeling. No words for this hurt, this indescribable gaping hole inside of me.  ...

SPENT adjective having been used and unable to be used again. synonyms: used up, consumed, exhausted, finished, depleted, drained, emptied; having no power or energy left. synonyms: exhausted, tired out, weary, worn out, dog-tired,...

The city of Jerusalem has been destroyed. The people have been dragged off into slavery. This poet is wandering among the rubble, trying to make sense of it all. And in his bewilderment, he...

Each chapter in the Book of Lamentations is a poem. It is not a factual account of how Jerusalem was invaded and destroyed and its people carried off into exile. There are no facts...

Please allow me this lament. It’s very personal and raw and not at all thought out. It’s what’s in my heart this morning and I just want to show you what a lament can...

A couple of days after my mum died very suddenly, I was walking along Colchester High Street. I must have been going to our church for some reason, I don’t remember why. And I...