lament: “a passionate expression of grief or sorrow”

Lamentations 3:21-23

Scary honesty with God

Lamentations 3:17-23

a challenge in scary honesty: write your own lament

Scary honesty with ourselves

Luke 15:17-19

Lamentations 3:40-42

Repentance: returning home

Luke 15:20-24

Scary honesty with yourself

— Ask: what isn't working?

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Proverbs 27:17

Scary honesty with others

Inciting Incident:

— the event that ignites the story's plot and starts the protagonists' transformative journey."

Inciting Incident:

— challenge: write an inciting incident into your story

Turning over a new leaf

scary honesty with God

scary honesty with ourselves

scary honesty with others