Gather Chapel - Dr. Mary Conway

Passage: Lamentations There is a time and place for happiness, but we often fail to recognize the need for lament. Dr. Mary Conway recounts some of the horrific events of World War II and contrasts them to those described in the book of Lamentations. Mary L. Conway (Ph.D., McMaster Divinity College) teaches courses in Old Testament biblical studies and Hebrew. Her dissertation involved an adaptation of Appraisal Theory to Hebrew narrative in order to evaluate characters and determine...