{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Commons Church Podcast","title":"Hope in Lament - Ben Hsu-Chan","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f6a2fc14\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1439,"description":"What do you do when God feels far away? Psalm 13 is a song for those moments. In this message, we explore how naming our pain and shifting our perspective can help us move from lament to praise.\nKey topics covered:\n•\tThe relationship between lament and praise: Why the \"Book of Praises\" is full of sorrow and how lament provides a place to stand while we grieve.\n•\tChallenging our categories: Understanding how we use bias to simplify the world and how to move past the \"outgroup homogeneity effect\" to see our neighbors more clearly.\n•\tLearning from diverse worldviews: Contrasting different cultural perspectives on suffering—moving from asking God to take suffering away to asking for the strength to endure it well.\n•\tPracticing the Examen: A practical 10-minute rhythm to notice God’s presence in both desolation and consolation, helping us become agents of God’s love in the world.\nWhether you are in a season of struggle or looking to deepen your trust in God, join us as we learn to bring our honest pain before a faithful God who is always at work.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uxKfzWwb4rzSxIpOPsfeKUfqtnGLeRcjApsL-tKueYk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YmRi/YzU5ZWMzNjJiZTU5/NDQ3M2FmNmVlODlk/ZGJjNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}