Christian Educators' Journal

Items tagged grief

• Late night thoughts on grieving as a process

  An exploration of the nature of loss.

• The death of a marriage

  Divorce is never God's intention for marriage, but there is still grace.

• Grieving in community

  A review of Alison McGhee's Shadow Baby with a list of other books that have proved helpful after a loss.

• Funerals in Egypt

  Exploring the contrast between Egyptian and North American funerals.

• Christian funerals

  A collection of ideas on the structure and purposes of funeral services.

• A thousand years

  An autumn evening prompts reflection on numbering our days.

• Goodbye

  A eulogy for Ferrari Mundy (Winter 1989-Summer 2007).

• Extra copies

  On the complexities of giving out favorite books.

• Ten things I learned in a difficult year

  Lessons from tough times, in no particular order of importance.

• Embodying our grief

  A review of the new book Fasting by
Scot McKnight.

• Memorable leaves

  How a book became a companion in pained solitude.

• Why I am still listening to Sufjan Stevens

  Confessions of a music lover who can't get enough of the enigmatic singer songwriter's juxtapositions.

• Fathers matter

  A morning revelation creates space for grief and discovery.

• Joy and…

  A difficult summer prompts reflections on the problem of joy.

• Last moments

  Finding hope in the middle of grieving an unexpected loss.

• The weight of dust

  A reflection on the significance of the human body. 

• Surprised by grief

  On embracing the mourning of parents who have lost a child to a miscarriage.

• Reasons

  On parenting in the wake of a husband's suicide.

• Not that different

  The story of an encounter between young and old.

• Generations of UNO

  A game that hasn't skipped a generation yet.

• Answers come like drizzled honey

  Reflecting on the quality of connections as a single twenty-something grieving a loss.

• Returning to the end

  Exploring the theme of grief in Terrence Malick’s film The Tree of Life.

• She heightened my awareness of the world

  Remembering a grandmother's legacy.

• Ten things I used to believe

  A challenging year shifts beliefs in some important ways.