Weep with Me by Mark Vroegop is a timely resource that presents lament as a bridge to racial reconciliation in the world today. In the Bible, lament is a prayer that leads to trust, which can be a starting point for the church to "weep with those who weep" (Rom. Mark Vroegop is the lead pastor of College Park Church in Indianapolis and the author of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, the ECPA 2020 Christian Book of the Year, and Weep with Me: How Lament Opens a Door for Racial Reconciliation.He’s married to Sarah, and they have four children and a daughter-in-law. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. h�b```b``�``e``9� �� ,l@�q�
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