{"title":"Mark Vroegop","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Vroegop is a pastor, author, speaker, and President of The Gospel Coalition, known for helping Christians respond biblically to grief, suffering, uncertainty, and seasons of waiting. After nearly thirty years in pastoral ministry, including serving as lead pastor of College Park Church in Indianapolis, Vroegop became President of The Gospel Coalition in 2025. His award-winning book \u003cem\u003eDark Clouds, Deep Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e explores the biblical practice of lament, while \u003cem\u003eWaiting Isn’t a Waste\u003c\/em\u003e examines trusting God during uncertainty and delay. Through his writing and teaching, Vroegop encourages Christians to bring honest sorrow to God while continuing to live with faith, hope, and trust.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dark-clouds-deep-mercy-discovering-the-grace-of-lament-523275","title":"Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament","description":"*\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of The Gospel Coalition 2019 Book Awards - Christian Living\u003c\/strong\u003e*  \u003cbr\u003e***2020 ECPA Christian Book of the Year \u0026amp; New Author Winner***  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWhere do you turn when the dark clouds of pain, suffering, and loss roll into your life? In a broken world, difficult trials can lead quickly to discouragement and despair-even for Christians. But the Bible sets forth an oft-neglected practice for dealing with such trials: lament. To lament is to turn to God in honest, desperate prayer, giving voice to the reality of our emotions-as intense and tumultuous as they may be. Ultimately, lament is an expression of faith in the God who hears our cries and responds with mercy and grace. Drawing on examples from the Bible and his own story of loss, pastor Mark Vroegop walks through steps of lament (Turn, Complain, Ask, and Trust) to show what lament is, why it is important, and how to enter into it-helping readers learn to live between the poles of God's goodness and a hard life.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere do you turn when the dark clouds of pain, suffering, and loss roll into your life? In a broken world, difficult trials can lead quickly to discouragement and despair-even for Christians. But the Bible sets forth an oft-neglected practice for dealing with such trials: lament. To lament is to turn to God in honest, desperate prayer, giving voice to the reality of our emotions-as intense and tumultuous as they may be. Ultimately, lament is an expression of faith in the God who hears our cries and responds with mercy and grace. Drawing on examples from the Bible and his own story of loss, pastor Mark Vroegop walks through steps of lament (Turn, Complain, Ask, and Trust) to show what lament is, why it is important, and how to enter into it-helping readers learn to live between the poles of God's goodness and a hard life.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51567971664159,"sku":"9781433561481","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781433561481_1505953.jpg?v=1769294972"},{"product_id":"weep-with-me-how-lament-opens-a-door-for-racial-reconciliation-572214","title":"Weep With Me: How Lament Opens a Door For Racial Reconciliation","description":"**Today, racial wounds from three hundred years of slavery and a history of Jim Crow laws continue to impact the church in America.**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Martin Luther King Jr. captured this reality when he said: \"The most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday.\" Equipped with the gospel, the evangelical church should be the catalyst for reconciliation, yet it continues to cultivate immense pain and division. *Weep with Me* by Mark Vroegop is a timely resource that presents lament as a bridge to racial reconciliation in the world today. In the Bible, lament is a prayer that leads to trust, which can be a starting point for the church to \"weep with those who weep\" (Rom. 12:15). As Vroegop writes: \"Reconciliation in the church starts with tears and ends in trust.\"","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568004333855,"sku":"9781433567599","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781433567599_1502147.jpg?v=1769295548"},{"product_id":"dark-clouds-deep-mercy-devotional-journal-611055","title":"Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy (Devotional Journal)","description":"**A Companion Devotional Journal to the Award-Winning Book *Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his book *Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy*, pastor Mark Vroegop seeks to restore the lost art of lament by helping readers discover the power of honest wrestling with the questions that come with grief and suffering. He explores how the Bible-through the psalms of lament and the book of Lamentations-invites believers to grieve, struggle, and tap into the rich reservoir of grace and mercy God offers in the darkest moments of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The *Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy Devotional Journal* is an ideal companion for anyone wanting to apply the knowledge they gained about lament from the book and practice it in their own life. The journal features 15 devotions, with each one focused on one psalm of lament. Each devotion includes a quote from Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, guidance for how to outline the passage, space to write a personal lament, and a summary that includes five reflection questions and a brief prayer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cstrong\u003eIncludes Practical Helps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The appendixes include an index with suggested psalms for various struggles (including grief, betrayal, loss, injustice, and loneliness), advice on how to use the journal in groups, and examples of the Turn-Complain-Ask-Trust framework found in the book\u003cbr\u003e* \u003cstrong\u003ePersonal and Biblical:\u003c\/strong\u003e A guided devotional that points to a biblical model for personally processing pain and grief, organized into four categories of lament: personal, collective, repentant, and justice-seeking\u003cbr\u003e* \u003cstrong\u003eA Wide Variety of Uses:\u003c\/strong\u003e Perfect for Bible study groups, counselors, pastors, family devotions, and grief-counseling groups","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568048439583,"sku":"9781433583087","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781433583087_1592447.jpg?v=1769296450"},{"product_id":"waiting-isnt-a-waste-the-surprising-comfort-of-trusting-god-in-the-uncertainties-of-life-658362","title":"Waiting Isn't a Waste: The Surprising Comfort of Trusting God in the Uncertainties of Life","description":"**AN ECPA 2025 AWARD WINNER.**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Vroegop explores what it means to wait on God through 6 important characteristics―waiting is hard, common, biblical, slow, commanded, and relational. This book not only teaches readers how to wait on God but inspires them to embrace waiting―for it prompts wisdom from God and brings invaluable peace to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEndorsements\u003cbr\u003e“Years ago a friend said to me, ‘The only thing worse than waiting on the Lord is wishing you had.’ Most of us, in varying degrees, don’t like to wait. But all of us will wait, and we will wait on God. His timetable doesn’t always sync with ours. What do we do while we wait? Mark Vroegop teaches us that waiting on God is living on what we know to be true about God when we don’t know what is true about our life. Thank you, Mark, for sharing with us how and why to wait and doing so in such a clear, biblical, transferable way. What a treasure!”\u003cbr\u003eCrawford W. Loritts Jr., speaker; radio host; author; Founder and President, Beyond Our Generation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Waiting Isn’t a Waste is full of timely and practical encouragement for every reader. Instead of trying to avoid waiting at all costs, this book will help you embrace it as a good gift from God.”\u003cbr\u003eRuth Chou Simons, Wall Street Journal bestselling author; artist; Founder, GraceLaced.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Waiting is one of the most difficult parts of life, yet also the most common. Most of life involves waiting. The speed of modern life tempts us to view all waiting as a waste. Mark Vroegop helps us develop a biblical framework for waiting on God, inviting us to see times of waiting as opportunities for worship and growth. Viewed rightly, waiting provides pathways to contentment and calmness—a healthy, nonpressured embracing of life as God intended it. This timely, readable book will be edifying to everyone who reads it.”\u003cbr\u003eGavin Ortlund, President, Truth Unites; Theologian-in-Residence, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Waiting fills the gap between our current reality and our unrealized expectations. While we may feel stuck, forgotten, disappointed, and confused, Mark Vroegop’s new book Waiting Isn’t a Waste faithfully reminds us that God is purposefully at work in transformative ways. This book is a helpful and needed encouragement to live in the truth of what we know about God when we don’t understand his plan for our lives.”\u003cbr\u003eMelissa B. Kruger, author; Vice President of Discipleship Programming, The Gospel Coalition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I had no idea the Bible said so much about waiting. As someone with a terrible reputation for being impatient, this is not surprising. This book is a godsend to me and others in our day. How desperately we need to hear the biblical and practical wisdom it contains.”\u003cbr\u003eDaniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an important book for all of us who think that waiting is unproductive and annoying. Whether in the doctor’s waiting room or at a red light or, worse yet, in a life crisis that makes us vulnerable to the dark riders of fear, anxiety, and doubt, waiting is rarely thought of as a friend. Thankfully, Mark Vroegop has given us a fresh biblical perspective that radically changes our view of waiting. With practical steps forged through his own experience, Vroegop leads us into a new appreciation for the ‘waits’ of life as we place our trust in our God who is at work for our good and his glory when our lives seem stuck on pause.”\u003cbr\u003eJoe Stowell, Bible teacher; special assistant to the President, Moody Bible Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is hard to think of a less requested yet more urgently needed project than a rehabilitation of our practical theology of waiting. Packed with insight into the intersection of waiting and hope, waiting and intentionality, waiting and the trustworthiness of God, waiting and building enduring Christian community, this book is laden with distillations of Scripture that I sincerely pray will change how you and I live every day for the rest of our lives.”\u003cbr\u003eJ. Alasdair Groves, Executive Director, Christian Counseling \u0026amp; Educational Foundation; coauthor, Untangling Emotions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I stink at waiting. I really do. In recent days, I have been reminded of this. This is why I was thankful to know this rare, timely book had been written. Waiting Isn’t a Waste was exactly what I needed to press against my impatience and remind me how much waiting is a part of God’s good plan for all of us. Everything Mark Vroegop writes is clear, biblical, practical, and thoughtful, and this book is no exception. Whether you are a pastor, church member, or simply someone looking for hope in the waiting, this book is definitely for you. I know of nothing like it.”\u003cbr\u003eBrian Croft, Executive Director, Practical Shepherding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With Mark Vroegop as your guide, learning to wait can be one of the greatest journeys you will embark on. He invites us to see what we experience as annoyances and long seasons of anxiety as opportunities to discover who God is and his tender care of us. Vroegop does not ask us to ignore the challenges of waiting or trivialize the anxiety we feel. Instead, Waiting Isn’t a Waste encourages us to embrace waiting because when we do, we will find ourselves on the path to flourishing.”\u003cbr\u003eDarby Strickland, Faculty and Counselor, Christian Counseling \u0026amp; Educational Foundation; author, Is It Abuse?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this personal and profound volume, Mark Vroegop points us toward redemption in the waiting of life. With practical advice, theological clarity, and personal warmth, Vroegop presents waiting as a transformational discipline of the Christian life, something that brings peace into our lives through a deeper connection to the Lord. For our generation that is always impatient and ruthlessly driven, this book is a manifesto for the countercultural calling of authentic Christian discipleship.”\u003cbr\u003eD. Michael Lindsay, President, Taylor University","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568056729887,"sku":"9781433590979","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781433590979_3D.jpg?v=1769296821"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/collections\/Mark_Vroegop.jpg?v=1790030190","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/collections\/mark-vroegop.oembed","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}