As things continue to unfold around the world and in our city, what many of

us are increasingly aware of is that we’re in a grieving process. Even if

we haven’t lost anyone we know, we’re grieving plans, security, the safety

of loved ones, and - to greater and lesser extents - life as we knew it

before. It is safe to say, that grieving isn’t always something we’re

comfortable with as a culture, and there are many things about the biblical

tradition of lament that just don’t come easily to us. So this talk is all

about that. As we continue to work out how to work this out in our faith,

it has to start with a close look at what God thinks about all pain and

suffering in his glorious creation.