The Importance of Lament in Pastoral Prayers

The number of songs that reflect lament in the contemporary music footprint is well, well below five. Lament can be brought into pastoral prayers as relates to the crisis that happened in someone's life this last week. We've changed the idea of funerals from a funeral to a celebration of life. If we don't lament, we miss what many people are feeling and they don't know what to do with it.