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I came across this paragraph while researching for a paper I'm writing on how the church can reach sexual abuse victims. I think it speaks for itself... the fact that most churches don't do this sort of thing seems hard to square with the idea that there's an entire book of the Bible called Lamentations.
- R.W.L. Moberly
Very few hymns express lament and psalms that are used in a
modern paraphrase are almost never psalms of lament, but usually
psalms of praise. And there is rarely formal liturgical provision
for the expression of lament. The virtual exclusion of
lament from most Christian worship carries a strong implicit
message that such lament has no legitimate place in worship.
Yet most congregations most of the time will have someone
who is hurting.
modern paraphrase are almost never psalms of lament, but usually
psalms of praise. And there is rarely formal liturgical provision
for the expression of lament. The virtual exclusion of
lament from most Christian worship carries a strong implicit
message that such lament has no legitimate place in worship.
Yet most congregations most of the time will have someone
who is hurting.
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