What does lament look like in church worship?
I’m interested in how you’ve experienced, seen, or led lament in worship. This could be as an entire thematic service, music, way of presenting Scripture, sermon, way of praying, visual art, drama, whatever. I am a member of the Dutch Protestant (Reformed) church. Not a pastor, because I work in the field of education (manager). Unfortunately I don’t know many examples of Dutch churches doing something with lament. The Evangelicals (Pentecostals) don’t like it because they have a theology of glory and are deeply involved in the praise movement. In their circles the (whole) psalms are not so popular. But in my church, which is more traditional, it is not better. Of course the vision about things is somewhat broader (we have many books about suffering, lament), but our liturgies are as they are for ages: traditional, no feelings, “from everything something.” Not really lament as we have also not really praise. I think things are in the U.S. sometimes the same. I can remember only one exa
