Faith May Start With A Wound

About this episode

Candy Lucas explores the Book of Lamentations as a source of comfort for those experiencing grief.

Send us Fan Mail Grief can make you feel like you’ve been exiled to a place no one else has ever been. When people try to help by saying “I know exactly how you feel,” it can land like a second loss, because your pain is not a template. I’m Candy Lucas, a chaplain and spiritual director, and I want to slow down with a part of the Bible that refuses quick fixes: the Book of Lamentations. We walk through why Lamentations may be one of the most pastoral books in Scripture for Christian grief an...

People in this episode

Host: Candy Lucas

Topics covered

• grief
• spirituality
• lament
• Christianity
• pastoral care

Keywords

• grief
• Lamentations
• spiritual direction
• Christian grief
• pastoral care

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Book of Lamentations

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