Preaching Forgiveness, Acknowledging Lament
Reports from each session of last month’s Preaching Forgiveness Conference are now posted.
One memorable quote from LeRon Shults that I omitted from my report but wanted to salvage here, especially since it touched on a recurring theme of the conference, regarded the validity and importance of lament (emphasis added):
Biblical lament is raw authenticity with God about what life feels like. It is not just whining.
And since both Shults and colleague Steven Sandage discussed the importance of facial communication in forgiveness, I wanted to highlight this passage from Frederick Buechner, brought to my attention by Betsy Steele Halstead:
Posted by Nathan Bierma on 05/11 at 10:29 AM
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