2006 ECPA Award Winner in the Christian Life Category

We have so many pictures in our minds of what a faithful life should look like. Unfortunately, the images we have conjured up flirt with fantasy when they must eventually embrace reality. Nothing ushers us towards this truth quicker than a painful situation, especially one we cannot control.

What do we do when we walk faithfully and still suffer? How do we express our sorrow, confusion, anger, and doubt in prayer? In A Sacred Sorrow, Michael exposes something we have lost in contemporary worship, the songs of lament. As you read and examine the lives of those in scripture who have encountered suffering, you will learn the relevance of lamenting in your own life, bringing your relationship with God to a more honest and mature place.

Michael invites us to exhaust ourselves against a God who is moved not only by our joys but also by our tears.