The sad truth about modern spirituality is that we often avoid feeling our own pain and in the process avoid feeling the pain of others. When this happens, it’s impossible to do the work of reconciliation. For good reason, Paul calls us to weep with those who weep (see Romans 12:15). Beyond the personal blessing of comfort for those who mourn, it is often our tears that serve as the foundation for spiritual transformation and for a new social imagination. The act of lamenting often results in prophetic vision to deeply name the powers that work against reconciliation. To lament is not simply
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