grieving
Rabbi Harold Kushner, who wrote bestselling works of practical theology, dies at 88
By Ben Harris and Philissa Kramer — April 29, 2023
(JTA) — 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People', published in 1981, represented Kushner’s attempt to make sense of his son's suffering and eventual death.
I have faith: A secular response to tragedy
By Tzemah Yoreh — May 7, 2021
(RNS) — God won’t help us, but faith can. Not faith in any higher power, but faith in ourselves, in the collective power of humanity to effect change for the better.
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.
J. Dana Trent is on a mission to discuss death with the post-Millennial generation
By Yonat Shimron — February 3, 2020
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Her fascination with death is part of a growing movement whose adherents believe in wresting control of death from the funeral industry and breaking the silence around death through frank discussions.
Navigating grief in the social media age
By Paul O'Donnell — August 6, 2019
(RNS) — At a time when trust in church and clergy is strikingly low, young adults are finding new ways to support each other when bad news or tragedy arrives.
Hip-hop’s mourning for Nipsey Hussle shows beauty can be found in brokenness
By Chris Karnadi — May 20, 2019
(RNS) — Whenever the hip-hop community loses an artist, it loses a member of the family. The mourning binds people together as they reflect on the life and legacy of an artist taken too soon and reveals the foundation of hip-hop culture: beauty from brokenness.
What dying children can teach America about responding to shootings
By Justin Baker — November 9, 2018
(RNS) — Accompanying children with cancer on their journey, an oncologist says, has taught him that we need show up for those who are grieving.
The grief that keeps on giving
By Jana Riess — October 30, 2014
These episodes don’t happen very often anymore, more than a year and a half after losing Mom. But the grief is always there, gently submerged, biding its time.
Cleaning out a life
By Jana Riess — February 7, 2014
I'm the original anti-clutter warrior, but I've met my Waterloo in my late mother's papers. I just can't throw them away.
Grief as Liturgy
By Jana Riess — December 3, 2013
There is a liturgy to grief, an entire calendar of solemn commemorations juxtaposed with joyful memories.
On Grief
By Jana Riess — March 21, 2013
How can life move forward? How can there still be taxes to pay and sinks to scrub? How dare the crocuses peek out?
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