Michael Huston: Lament—A Faithful Complaint to God

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

While sitting in a class at the theological seminary he attended, Michael Huston was floored when he heard his teacher say these words: “Lament is faithfully complaining to God.” The teacher went on to say, “Lament is the way you worship to God from within pain.” Huston describes the feeling he felt that day as exhaling a breath he had been holding for a very long time. On this week’s episode, he explains why he hopes to help others find that same relief in the concept of lament.

1:51- What is Lament and Why the Interest?
9:26- Structure of Lament
12:47- Murmuring or Complaining Vs. Lament
15:17- The Necessity of Expressing Pain and Grief
18:25- Men Are That They Might Have Joy
22:12- Post 9/11—A Modern Example of Lament
27:29- The Importance of Allowing Yourself to Lament
31:05- Lament—A Sacred Offering
37:08- A Note on Lament and “Faith Crisis”
39:52- A God For All Seasons
42:06- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“Lament, in a sense, is the most sacred of offerings. …It’s those moments when we are most vulnerable, most exposed, most uncertain, when our legs are the shakiest. We’re taking that and we’re saying, ‘God this is all I have left.’” —Michael Huston

Links & References:

Michael’s book

Elder Maxwell’s talk about murmuring

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Transcript

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0:39.0	If you're like me, the word lament is when you've heard and have a vague idea of its definition, but I felt like a whole new world was open to me as I read the new book even in the darkest hour
0:45.1	lament as a path to God. In it author Michael Houston writes, Far from faithlessness
0:51.8	and betrayal a remarkable feature of lament is that through the process of lament the one who
0:58.0	lament doubles down on the existence of God and the reality of a covenant relationship by taking their heaviest
1:05.2	burdens directly to the source of all life, God. So what if it really is okay and
1:11.8	even a form of worship to express when things are hard if we take those things directly to a God we believe in?
1:20.0	Michael Houston currently resides in Central Maryland.
1:24.4	He received degrees from Utah State University, American University, and Wesley
1:29.6	Theological Seminary.
1:31.6	Though he spent most of his youth west of the Mississippi, he has lived on the
1:36.0	East Coast for more than 20 years. He and his wife of 23 years have four children.
1:49.0	This is all in an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm Morgan Pearson and I am so honored
1:55.8	to have Michael Houston on the line with me today. Michael welcome.
1:59.1	Thank you for having me. Well I told Michael this in an email before we started recording,
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