Reflections on the poetry of Lamentations, the scrap metal tears of artist Indira Urrutia Zúñiga, and the mysterious rise of Nickleback’s unpopularity.

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Lamentations 1.1-2, 20-22

Resources:

• Poem: Lament by Ruth Ann Myers Kulp
• Art: Jerusalem's Suffering by Lisa Obirek
• See this article Knitting with Tears, about Indira Urrutia Zúñiga's scrap metal tears. 
• Image:  detail from Lisa Obirek, “Jerusalem's Suffering,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection, ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 43.
• Hymn: 600: Oh Thou, in Whose Presence Text: Joseph Swain (England), Sacred Poetry: Comprising an Entire System of Divine Truth, 1790, alt. Music: Christian Lyre (USA), 1831; harm. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.