Praise as Defiance in the Face of Suffering and Death
By Catherine Delve, WTC MA Student Praise as Default Ever since I was a child, I’ve known something of the power of…
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A Time for Minor Chords (Part III): Objections to Lament
[This is Part III of a series on lament. Part I is HERE, and Part II HERE] Objections objections… Grieve, mourn and…
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A Time for Minor Chords (Part II): Protest at the Divine Court
Time to Protest? In my previous post I discussed the continued lack of lament in contemporary worship (of the ‘worship band’ variety)….
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A Time for Minor Chords: The Costly Loss of Lament in Contemporary Worship
The title of this post comes from Walter Brueggemann’s influential essay ‘The Costly Loss of Lament,’ written in 1986 (repr. in Psalms and the Life of Faith).
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Joshua and Violence (Part 6): Worship as Warfare
Joshua and Violence (Part 6) Worship as Warfare The book of Chronicles tells of a story where King Jehoshaphat of Judah faced…
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