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The Alabaster Jar

The Alabaster Jar

S6 E18 | Chaplain Dr. Eva Bleeker | Grief, Creativity, and the Book of Lamentations

The Alabaster Jar · Nov 3, 2025 · 41:35

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In this conversation, Chaplain Dr. Eva Bleeker joins Dr. Lynn Cohick to talk about the Book of Lamentations and its significance for processing grief and loss. Dr. Bleecker shares insights from her experience as a chaplain and discusses how Lamentations serves as a compassionate companion for those suffering. Together, they explore the book's structure and themes, emphasizing the importance of creative expression, witness, and hope in times of hardship.

Resources Mentioned:

The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

Episode Sponsor:  

The Alabaster Jar is brought to you by The Center for Women in Leadership, a newly formed 501©3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is to equip women in a context that is biblically rooted, theologically robust, and ethnically diverse to thrive as leaders in the academy, the marketplace, and the Church. Follow them on Instagram @leadershipwithoutapology. 

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