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With Those Who Weep: A Theology of Tears
But what if there is a third way—an option that beckons us into Christlikeness and offers us consolation from God our Father? With Those Who A Theology of Tears extends an invitation to explore how our tears form us and our sorrows catechize us. God allows us to exercise hope in our weeping, which gives purpose to our tears. Therefore, we embrace our tears as a gift. In a culture of harder, better, faster, stronger, S.A. Morrison asks us to pause and consider if the way of Christ might actually be softer, lower, slower, and weaker. “A true and beautiful introduction to the holiness of our tears.”
Paul J. Pastor, author “Sarah unearths the Bible’s surprisingly robust presentation of tears.”
Steve Barbee, pastor “S.A. Morrison faithfully sounds a call to recover lament and sorrow as part of our common life.”
Aarik Danielsen, Fathom Magazine columnist
Paul J. Pastor, author “Sarah unearths the Bible’s surprisingly robust presentation of tears.”
Steve Barbee, pastor “S.A. Morrison faithfully sounds a call to recover lament and sorrow as part of our common life.”
Aarik Danielsen, Fathom Magazine columnist
122 pages, Paperback
Published June 21, 2021
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June 23, 2021
I have had the honor of bearing witness to some of Sarah’s tears. I have seen the beauty of her rising strength. And I know that her words will bear witness to the weeping river deep inside you, welcoming you to let it flow into a wellspring of communion with Christ.
Bear witness to her beautiful words. And bear witness to your tears. For if God says he keeps track of your tears and holds them safe in a bottle, then your pain is precious and your tears tell truths. You no longer have to withhold what God holds safe as a treasure.
May your tears become prayers.
—from my foreword to the book.
Stunning. Theologically rich. Full of healing honesty.
Bear witness to her beautiful words. And bear witness to your tears. For if God says he keeps track of your tears and holds them safe in a bottle, then your pain is precious and your tears tell truths. You no longer have to withhold what God holds safe as a treasure.
May your tears become prayers.
—from my foreword to the book.
Stunning. Theologically rich. Full of healing honesty.
January 19, 2025
Pretty sure I have more highlighted in this book than not highlighted. This is a really beautiful book.
July 4, 2021
I loved parts of the book a lot. Chapters 3 and 4 were my favorites, and I will probably reread them! It’s written beautifully.
July 6, 2021
This book is more of a memoir than a treatment of the theology of tears.
May 25, 2023
I enjoyed this book, but I wouldn’t say it’s a “theology” of tears. I liked parts of it a lot, but not the entire book. It made some great points about suffering but I’ve read better books on the subject.
February 18, 2023
A published diary, refreshingly honest.
July 4, 2025
"Our tears are not merely a signpost of grief; they are a handmaiden to our faith in times of barrenness" (4).
August 31, 2023
This little book is first about tears and the God who bottles them up. It's also about the heartbreak, loss, and broken dreams that come with church ministry. Whether you are well acquainted with tears or church ministry (or both), you should read this book. It's the kind of book that I simultaneously want to tell everyone and no one about. On one hand, I want to keep it to myself because these words have tended to my heart in such intimate ways. But on the other hand, I only came to know of this book because a friend recommended it to me and generosity should always beget further generosity. Good books are meant to be read. 🤍
February 6, 2025
“May we not circumvent what Christ carried.”
Though many know the doctrine of Christ being fully God and yet fully man, we tend to identify with Christ’s resurrection power without identifying with his suffering. We have religiously tied up pain into neat little platitudes rather than acknowledging that things really are not as they should be through the outlet of tears. Even Jesus wept for his dear friend Lazarus.
“Our tears are a submission to God for help, a protest that things are not as they ought to be, an act of humility that conveys that we are utterly helpless without his intervention. In God’s goodness, he accepts our weeping as appropriate prayers, knowing our feebleness. When tears are available, so is God. When weeping is inevitable, so is God’s listening.”
It stuck with me that sometimes the greatest act of faith we can have is crying out to God even when He feels absent. Even if only through our nonverbal weeping.
Tears are prayers. And our Father is compassionate enough to collect every one and still one day wipe them all from the faces of His kids.
Though many know the doctrine of Christ being fully God and yet fully man, we tend to identify with Christ’s resurrection power without identifying with his suffering. We have religiously tied up pain into neat little platitudes rather than acknowledging that things really are not as they should be through the outlet of tears. Even Jesus wept for his dear friend Lazarus.
“Our tears are a submission to God for help, a protest that things are not as they ought to be, an act of humility that conveys that we are utterly helpless without his intervention. In God’s goodness, he accepts our weeping as appropriate prayers, knowing our feebleness. When tears are available, so is God. When weeping is inevitable, so is God’s listening.”
It stuck with me that sometimes the greatest act of faith we can have is crying out to God even when He feels absent. Even if only through our nonverbal weeping.
Tears are prayers. And our Father is compassionate enough to collect every one and still one day wipe them all from the faces of His kids.
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