Architecture. That You weep with me Part the seas Lord make a way for me Here in the midst of my lament I have faith, yes I still believe That You love me Your plans are to prosper me And You're working everything for good Even when I can't see it You know I believe Help my unbelief Yet I will praise You Yet I will sing of Your name Here in the shadows We have been so affected in it in our church that we are reading it in book clubs, in person social distancing, and on Zoom . This is the premise of this book. Mark Vroegop writes with the heart of a pastor, the wisdom of a biblical counselor, and the flourish of a tour guide. Mark Vroegop (MDiv, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor of College Park Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. 978-1-4335-6759-9, Paperback, $16.99 For more information about this book or the author, please contact Crossway directly. Every western Christian should read this - excellent perspective on a hard topic. I wish he'd made a different choice, and it grated on me a little bit every time I encountered it. $2.99; $2.99; Publisher Description. Start by marking “Weep with Me: How Lament Opens a Door for Racial Reconciliation” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. Doing away with public Mass has not saved Italy; Nor will it save us. Gospel unity creates racial harmony.However, Martin Luther King Jr. once said that the most segregated hour in America is 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. On June 4, North Central University hosted the funeral for George Floyd. But this is what Mark has done with this book, Weep With Me. A Solomon (wise & Biblical) approach to a very difficult topic! Encouraging you to "weep with those who weep" (Rom. Each of the weekly sessions will be moderated by a member of our staff or Elder Leadership Team and guidelines will be used to encourage a healthy discussion. I know many men and women in my life who would be greatly served by feeling free and equipped to lament to their God concerning their circumstances. It moved me to preach through the book of Lamentations in my own church. Weep with Me by Mark Vroegop is a timely resource that presents lament as a bridge to racial reconciliation in the world today. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Let’s lament our hearts of stone and ask him to give us hearts of flesh (Ezek. He can. Vroegop argues in this short book that lament is the gateway to racial reconciliation and making our churches look more like heaven now. The writer weaves beautiful and heart-wrenching stories with biblical wisdom and heart. It’s not a man-made language; it’s the biblical language of lament. But this is what Vroegop has done in Weep with Me. It is a biblically faithful, immensely practical tool that guides us to a simple, clear solution to racial division in the church―empathy through Christian lament. This review is cross-posted from InfluenceMagazine.com with permission. Let's not make him out to be some kind of martyr!" We’d love your help. 12:15), Vroegop invites you to mourn with him over the brokenness that has caused division and to use lament to begin the journey toward a diverse and united church. Sadly, when it comes to issues of race or ethnicity, that inability has permeated the church. Being half-Jewish half-Italian in 1950’s high school was unique for Massachusetts Medford High Schooler Michael Waxman. And we must move from this love and lament toward further learning and action. One of the blessings of Covid season is that it has forced many white people, myself included, to pay attention to the racial injustices that occur in our country without looking away. 3.5 stars. 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