How are you feeling ambiguous loss, ?

Published: Mon, 01/23/23

Hello, !

What ambiguous losses are you facing right now?

This week, I'm sharing a few ambiguous losses that I’m feeling. I hope my confessions will help you to name your own ambiguous losses and griefs.

Then, I hope you will watch my conversation with Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer, associate dean at Yale Divinity School, about ambiguous loss and grief.

I invite you to wonder with me -

+ What losses, clear or ambiguous, are you experiencing in your communities of teaching and learning?

+ What ambiguous losses and griefs related to parenting are part of your life at the moment?

+ What challenges are you facing in participating or leading in your community? What losses need to be acknowledged, named, and given space for grief?

Now is the time to reframe and reimagine how to live creatively with these losses. How do we start? Join me in this wonderful conversation with Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer.

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Prayers and Guides

+ A Longest Night Prayer - ideal for worship in mid-winter

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+ A Reading List for Prophetic Hope, recommended by Rev. Dr. Judy Cummings

Reports

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+ The #PandemicPastoring Report (2022)