Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Lamentations
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SMC preachers
Reflections on the poetry of Lamentations, the scrap metal tears of artist Indira Urrutia Zúñiga, and the mysterious rise of Nickleback’s unpopularity.
Sermon begins at minute marker 5:44
Resources:
- Poem: Lament by Ruth Ann Myers Kulp
- Art: Jerusalem's Suffering by Lisa Obirek
- See this article Knitting with Tears, about Indira Urrutia Zúñiga's scrap metal tears.
- Image: detail from Lisa Obirek, “Jerusalem's Suffering,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection, ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 43.
- Hymn: 600: Oh Thou, in Whose Presence Text: Joseph Swain (England), Sacred Poetry: Comprising an Entire System of Divine Truth, 1790, alt. Music: Christian Lyre (USA), 1831; harm. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.