{"product_id":"prophetic-lament-a-call-for-justice-in-troubled-times-9780830836949","title":"Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMissio Alliance Essential Reading List\u003cbr\u003eHearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRELEVANT\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 10 Books\u003cbr\u003eEnglewood Review of Books Best Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book was probably not the most seeker-sensitive way to launch a church. But it shaped their community with a radically countercultural perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Lament recognizes struggles and suffering, that the world is not as it ought to be. Lament challenges the status quo and cries out for justice against existing injustices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. It critiques our success-centered triumphalism and calls us to repent of our hubris. And it opens up new ways to encounter the other. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Resonate exposition of the book of Lamentations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is a dynamic speaker, author and trailblazer with over twenty-five years of experience in the ministry of racial, ethnic and gender reconciliation. She was featured as one of the fifty most influential women to watch by \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e in 2012 and is an associate professor of reconciliation studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, where she also directs the Reconciliation Studies program. Salter McNeil was previously the president and founder of Salter McNeil Associates, a reconciliation organization that provided speaking, training and consulting to colleges, churches and faith-based organizations. She also served on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for fourteen years as a Multiethnic Ministries Specialist. She earned a MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary, a DMin from Palmer Theological Seminary and was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from North Park University. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church and is on the pastoral staff of Quest Church in Seattle. In addition, she serves on the board of directors for Wycliffe USA and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA. She is also the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Racial Justice\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eA Credible Witness\u003c\/i\u003e. Brenda lives in Seattle with her husband Dr. J. Derek McNeil and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoong-Chan Rah is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Next Evangelicalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMany Colors\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566341689618,"sku":"9780830836949","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_908ca1fe-02b4-4364-910e-271787666fff.jpg?v=1731895270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prophetic-lament-a-call-for-justice-in-troubled-times-9780830836949","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}