When catastrophe strikes, the instinct is often to move quickly toward explanation, strategy, or resolve. Jewish tradition insists on something else first: lament. Not as collapse, not as helplessness ...

Change happens when we acknowledge the truth. And the truth can be painful, and often, we try to ignore that in the church. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is here to share why it's essential to listen to the ...

A new publication from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”, edited by Catholic theologian Prof. Dr. Johannes Schnocks, is about laments in the biblical Psalms. In the anthology, ...

The Rev. Soong-Chan Rah will be the keynote speaker at the Building the Beloved Community Symposium at Mercer University. Special to The Telegraph Mercer University’s 14th annual communitywide ...

Public lament is more than just another hot take or social media rant. After hearing the news that a Cleveland grand jury decided not to indict two police officers for the killing of 12-year old Tamir ...

My father was 26 when his wife died from stomach cancer. He struggled to finish law school, coping with his loss by immersing himself in studying, drinking and self-isolation. Through the ...

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