Course

Learning to Lament

~6 Hours

In this Learning to Lament course, you'll learn about and practice biblical lament, a way to share your pain, trauma, and experiences of oppression with God.

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About This Course

Have you experienced grief, anger, or depression? Are you unable to connect the promises of God with your lived experience? Prayer is not just the act of thanking God and celebrating blessings. It can also be a space to bare your raw emotions. In this Learning to Lament course, you'll learn about and practice biblical lament, a way to share your pain, trauma, and experiences of oppression with God so that you feel more connected to him, and ultimately more hopeful.

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the importance of lament in worship
  • Recognize the five distinct elements of a psalm of lament
  • Incorporate lament into your worship practices

Created in partnership with the Fuller Center for Spiritual Formation and FULLER Equip.

  • Spiritual Formation & Vocation or Calling
  • Spiritual Disciplines

Introduction

1. Getting Started

2. Why We Lament

Biblical Examples of Lament

3. The Healing Balm of Lament

4. Pray Psalm 10

5. Study Psalm 79 & 22

6. Survey Lamentations

Practicing Lament

7. Lament in Practice: Death

8. Lament in Practice: Failure

9. Lament in Practice: Injustice

Conclusion

10. Next Steps

Your Instructor

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