😢 Lament

Literature steeped in grief, protest, and the sacred act of crying out against loss and injustice. These works honor sorrow as a legitimate and powerful form of expression, from ancient psalms to modern elegies.

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

by Timothy J. Keller • 2013

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

4.49

6k+

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 📜 Reformed Theology 💔 Grief And Loss 🫂 Pastoral Care

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

A God who suffered too: that changes everything about how you walk through pain.

by Timothy J. Keller 2013

4.49

6k+ ratings

📖 Theodicy 🙏 Suffering And Faith 📜 Reformed Theology 💔 Grief And Loss 🫂 Pastoral Care

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao • 2022

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

4.77

362

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials 🤲 Surrender To God

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao 2022

4.77

362 ratings

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials 🤲 Surrender To God

You're Only Human

by Kelly M. Kapic • 2022

Your limits are God's design, not a flaw. Freedom begins when you stop trying to be limitless.

4.37

2k+

⏳ Human Finitude ✝️ Gospel Identity 🤲 Embodied Spirituality 🛌 Sabbath Rest 😌 Joyful Humility

You're Only Human

Your limits are God's design, not a flaw. Freedom begins when you stop trying to be limitless.

by Kelly M. Kapic 2022

4.37

2k+ ratings

⏳ Human Finitude ✝️ Gospel Identity 🤲 Embodied Spirituality 🛌 Sabbath Rest 😌 Joyful Humility

The Book of Job

by Anonymous

A righteous man loses everything and demands to know why his friends call it justice.

4.22

5k+

🏛️ Wisdom Literature 📜 Biblical Poetry ⚖️ Problem Of Evil 🌫️ Divine Silence 🔥 Tested Faith

The Book of Job

A righteous man loses everything and demands to know why his friends call it justice.

by Anonymous

4.22

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Wisdom Literature 📜 Biblical Poetry ⚖️ Problem Of Evil 🌫️ Divine Silence 🔥 Tested Faith

Prayer in the Night

by Tish Harrison Warren • 2021

Your prayers fail in the dark. The church's oldest nighttime liturgy was built for that silence.

4.62

7k+

🕯️ Liturgical Prayer ✝️ Spiritual Formation 🌧️ Suffering And Faith 💀 Facing Death 🤫 Contemplative Prayer

Prayer in the Night

Your prayers fail in the dark. The church's oldest nighttime liturgy was built for that silence.

by Tish Harrison Warren 2021

4.62

7k+ ratings

🕯️ Liturgical Prayer ✝️ Spiritual Formation 🌧️ Suffering And Faith 💀 Facing Death 🤫 Contemplative Prayer

Praying with the Psalms

by Eugene H. Peterson • 1993

A year of daily prayer through the Psalms, learning to pray honestly rather than piously.

4.27

298

🛐 Biblical Prayer 📅 Daily Devotionals 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Psalms 🕯️ Hope In Suffering

Praying with the Psalms

A year of daily prayer through the Psalms, learning to pray honestly rather than piously.

by Eugene H. Peterson 1993

4.27

298 ratings

🛐 Biblical Prayer 📅 Daily Devotionals 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Psalms 🕯️ Hope In Suffering

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