grief
She lost her husband in a beach accident. Her book tackles what it takes to heal.
By Yonat Shimron — July 8, 2021
(RNS) — In her new book, Shannon Dingle writes about leaning into grief, accepting uncertainty, connecting to feelings, expressing hard truths and getting psychological help.
The Mormon Jesus can handle your grief and pain
By Jana Riess — February 22, 2021
(RNS) — I hunger greatly for deeper connections at church, a frank acknowledgment that most of us are the walking wounded.
In SBC video, Eric and Ruth Brown recall daughter Pearl Joy, whose life still speaks
By Bob Smietana — October 18, 2020
(RNS) — Eric and Ruth Brown's faith helped them to fight for their daughter's life. But nothing could prepare them for saying goodbye.
In the midst of deep grief, a scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her to let go
By Ketika Garg — October 2, 2020
(THE CONVERSATION) — Rituals can hold the core beliefs of a culture and provide a sense of control in an otherwise helpless situation.
Islamic holiday Eid comes as families grieve virus victims
By Mariam Fam — July 29, 2020
(AP) — Marwa Conelly was looking forward to the upcoming Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday this year — then she lost her father to the coronavirus, and less than 24 hours later her mother.
As pandemic wears on, faith leaders dig in on life or death decisions
By Silma Suba — July 21, 2020
(RNS) — Pastors, imams and rabbis are balancing their faiths’ core values with their communities’ sometimes fractious feelings about reopening.
Death Cafes help ease grief, loss in the time of coronavirus
By Leanne Italie and Emily Leshner — July 2, 2020
(AP) — Virtual Death Cafes allow strangers to explore mortality and its impact on the living, preferably while sipping tea and eating cake.
Lament: A day to mourn
By Jim Wallis — May 28, 2020
(RNS) — As we mark the death of 100,000 people in the U.S. from COVID-19, an unprecedented group of 100 national faith leaders looks to elected officials to observe Monday, June 1, as a National Day of Mourning and Lament.
2 Hispanic churches and too many tears: 100 COVID-19 deaths
By Luis Andres Henao and David Crary — May 13, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Two churches, one Catholic, one Lutheran, have lost more than 100 members to the coronavirus and because of lockdown rules lack the ability to mourn together in person.
Before we get ‘back to normal,’ we need to grieve and pray
By Scott Jones — May 11, 2020
(RNS) — We can learn from the prophet Nehemiah, who cried and mourned openly for the losses of conquered Jerusalem.
Looking to an Indigenous flood story for lessons on grieving during the pandemic
By Kaitlin Curtice — April 24, 2020
(RNS) — Like Original Man after the flood, we are surveying a devastated world and asking what life will look like on the other side.
Black clergy memorialize the dead, ask government to address disparities
By Adelle M. Banks — April 16, 2020
(RNS) — Some are mourning losses in the highest echelons of their denomination. Others are counting the dead, sick and unemployed.
It’s time to face the collective grief of COVID-19
By Elaine Howard Ecklund — April 15, 2020
(RNS) — Acknowledging the losses we've suffered readies us to receive gratitude and joy when the time comes.
When church hymns don’t grieve with us
By David Taylor — March 11, 2020
(RNS) — It’s hard to find solace in church when the hymns are mostly in major keys. In times of grieving, the Psalms can comfort us in the losses we all experience.
Grief hides in the church bathroom
By Kaitlin Curtice — February 20, 2019
(RNS) — We chose to grieve together in that moment instead of holding things together for the sake of others’ comfort.
