Voices of Lament, Latasha Morrison
Voices of Lament, Latasha Morrison
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Voices of Lament
Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice

Author: Latasha Morrison, Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Narrator: Grace P. Cho

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2022


Synopsis

Our culture wants you to be happy. It rewards those who smile through the pain, who pretend everything's fine, who compartmentalize grief and get on with life. But everything's not fine. And God does not expect us to pretend it is. He wants all of us—including our pain.

Perhaps nowhere in Scripture do we get as full a picture of the heights and depths of the human experience as in the Psalms. The outpourings of emotion never shy away from the darkest moments of life, and yet they also point toward the light—toward the God in whom we place our hope.

Inspired by Psalm 37, Voices of Lament is a powerful collection of reflections from Christian Women of Color on themes of injustice, heartache, and deep suffering. Their essays, prayers, poems, and liturgies lay bare the experiences of the oppressed even as they draw us into deeper intimacy with God and a more fulsome understanding of each other.

For anyone who longs to better express and understand the beauty of lament held in holy tension with hope and love, this extraordinary collection presents both well-known and new voices from various ethnic and people groups and different generations, putting God's faithfulness on full and glorious display.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jess on September 30, 2024

An amazing devotional by a group of amazing women. Will be revisiting again and again.......more

Goodreads review by April on October 31, 2023

In this book editor Natasha Sistrunk Robinson has gathered together women of colour who give voice to the brokenness in our world and to their longing for God’s justice. Their lament takes the form of poetry, personal reflection, story-telling, litany, drawings, and prayers shaped both by Scripture a......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on March 09, 2023

Voices of Lament Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice by Edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson Pub Date 20 Sep 2022 Revell Christian I am reviewing a copy of Voices of Lament through Revell and Netgalley: In our culture the emphasis is on being happy. Those who smile through t......more

Goodreads review by Sean on May 04, 2024

Excellent book. I read it as a devotional to take time to digest their words; often reading one several times. I greatly appreciated hearing the scriptural interpretations from so many different voices and experiences. It was also great to read about women from their community who influenced the dev......more

Goodreads review by Graydon on November 08, 2024

This book is a beautiful opportunity to sit at the feet of women of color and learn the practice of lament. They gave me words, prayers, and poems to name pain and suffering. I’m thankful for each one.......more