Learning to Lament: A Lenten exploration of pain, sadness, discomfort and loss. Part 1
Hello all, this blog is meant to be about the journey we are taking through life and ministry together. However many journeys are inward and only reflect spiritual, emotional or intellectual movement. Over the next 40 or so days leading up to Easter, I am going to attempt a series of posts that reflects such a journey. I apologize in advance for its sprawling, rambling nature. It is hard as a writer to post ideas when you know that they are not your ideas in their final form, but in order to be true to the process, thats what I feel is required. Hopefully you can identify with it anyways and find something helpful. Also, its about death, which is uncomfortable. So if you don't read past the next two sentences, I won't be offended. SPOILER ALERT: You are going to die. The people you love are going to die too. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but its going to happen. Also, if you are just now realizing this, you likely have bigger problems than just mo