How Long, O Lord?

Drawing on themes of moral injury, grief, and disrupted faith, G. C. Smith offers a pastoral and theological framework for preaching that remains faithful to Scripture while attentive to the lived realities of wounded communities. Each chapter encourages proclamation that holds together truth and compassion, justice and mercy, silence and speech.









This book argues that preaching in a wounded world is not about fixing what is broken but about standing within it-naming loss, honoring struggle, and bearing witness to a God who meets people in the depths. It is a call to recover preaching as an act of presence, courage, and hope.