As of March 8, 2021, the Jamaica Constabulary Force has recorded 484 murders, 13 more than the same period in 2020. Just this week, I mourn with a kind and faithful mother and child of God who lost her adult son to gun violence. What is our response as people of faith to this kind of grief? We grieve with those who grieve, and give comfort as the wisdom of God shows us how. We also must cry out to God, lament the pain we feel and not keep it inside. Pray with me.

The mission of CRUSHED_ is to teach the importance of lament and provide space for its practice. The underscore at the end of CRUSHED_ represents the other side of lament: hope, renewed trust in the goodness of God and even joy.

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