Sermons on Lamentations

The Times They Are a-Changin’, But God Isn’t

Scripture: Lamentations 5:1-22 My good friend, David, is the Sr. Pastor at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Rochester, Michigan. He called me at home Wednesday night just to see how things are going with me, my family, and with our congregation here in Adrian. It was a great to connect with him, and to hear about how their congregation is responding to the health current crisis. One of the things we’re both experiencing—and I can say with certainty that…

How Should We Respond?

Scripture Reading: Lamentations 4:1-24 If you’re like me, and you’ve been following this particular series from the book of Lamentations, you may have already drawn a parallel between the experience of those left behind after Jerusalem’s fall and our own experience of the fallout of coronavirus pandemic. I’m not suggesting that they’re the same, because they’re not. A quick reading of Lamentations chapter 4 makes that clear. We haven’t abandoned our children. We’re not starving and malnourished. And we certainly…