Have you ever considered the passages of lament that are in the Bible? Many of the psalms deal with lament. A song of lament is sometimes the only appropriate expression for some situations. Certainly not all of life should be praise songs - think about it. How do you respond when there are raw, open wounds afflicted upon God's people? With praise songs? No, the Bible gives us laments. Laments structure our grief. They document the trauma, renew our identity and revive our hope. They delivery us from plasticity. We need them because they are true to the contours of existence. This A Plain Answer grew out of a sermon that was preached by Dr. Kevin Chiarot on 2/26 and here is the link: http://www.westminsterchurch-ny.org/local_church/sermons.php

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Today, we talk with one of the most thoughtful Christian song writers that we know of. He is theologically sound and his lyrics are insightful to the true human condition. He has written a book on this subject: "A Sacred Sorrow: Reaching Out to God in the Lost Language of Lament." Participants: Michael Card, Dan Elmendorf