Lamentations
Reflections on the poetry of Lamentations, the scrap metal tears of artist Indira Urrutia Zúñiga, and the mysterious rise of Nickleback’s unpopularity.
Audio
Preacher
Tyler Merrill
Series
Drawing Near: A Bouquet of Art, fall worship 2025
Passage
Resources
- Poem: Lament by Ruth Ann Myers Kulp
- Art: Jerusalem’s Suffering by Lisa Obirek
- See this article Knitting with Tears, about Indira Urrutia Zúñiga’s scrap metal tears.
- Image: detail from Lisa Obirek, “Jerusalem’s Suffering,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection, ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 43.
- Hymn: 600: Oh Thou, in Whose Presence Text: Joseph Swain (England), Sacred Poetry: Comprising an Entire System of Divine Truth, 1790, alt. Music: Christian Lyre (USA), 1831; harm. J. Harold Moyer (USA), 1965, The Mennonite Hymnal, © 1969 Faith and Life Press/Mennonite Publishing House. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.