This is a sacred time and space specifically curated for us to bring our whole selves - the sadness, the rage, the despair… the parts we carry but often don’t know what to do with or how to express - and BE in the presence of God. Whether your lament is personal, local, national, global (or even cosmic!), you will have the space you need. 

Walter Brueggemann beautifully describes “lament” in his book A Gospel of Hope.

"Lament is not nice, bourgeoisie therapy. It is the very grief of God over every Jerusalem that does not know the things that make for peace. It is the rumbling of God on behalf of the hungry when there is in fact enough food. It is the indignation of God on behalf of the poor when there is in fact enough to go around for housing and education and justice. It is the groan of God on behalf of the raped earth when we would rather laugh in our devouring than to repent of our wasteful coveting. It is the slow, teasing hammering of God of plowshares and pruning hooks while the world rushes to the madness of swords and spears."