that romantically pretend that life is sweetness and joy, even delight. It may be suggested that the one-sided liturgical renewal of today has, in effect, driven the hurtful side of experience either into obscure corners of faith practice or completely out of Christian worship into various forms of psychotherapy and growth groups. Israel characteristically met the hurtful dimensions of existence head-on, viewing them as faith crises, times of wondering about God and God’s fidelity, but also as faith