Habakkuk

Habakkuk provides an honest lament about violence and God’s response.

How can we access today the truthfulness and vulnerability required of prophetic lament? How might we seek to write a new vision with God for our destructive moment?

These questions lie at the heart of the book of Habakkuk, perhaps not the most popular piece of prophetic literature. It is easy to overlook and ignore the prophets we call minor. It may be tempting to focus on the Gospel lesson and ignore this obscure prophetic word.

Yet, the book’s profound questioning of God in the face of injustice makes it relevant still in our contemporary moment. We need true lament in response to current injustices and harm. This is the prophetic way: to face reality and envision a new way forward. And, for Habakkuk, the work begins in lament. Only then do we hear more clearly God’s language of a vision.

See my Working Preacher essay for more information.

Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 - Working Preacher from Luther Seminary

Questioning of God in the face of injustice.

Working Preacher from Luther SeminaryTyler Mayfield

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