Lamentations

Six ways to respond to God's violence

The survivors of Jerusalem's destruction paint God as abusive; there are six ways we can respond.

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We need to talk about Deuteronomy

You're thinking about the curses, but I'm thinking of a section that supports Zion's claim of innocence.

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How can we accept God's violence?

Daughter Zion's pleas to be seen in Lamentations 1 reveal the only way we can accept divine violence.

The harmful way we read the Bible

We side with the first of two voices in Lamentations 1, but this is a harmful way to read the story.