Grief: It’s Work, You Know

Trinity United Methodist Church's Podcast

Monday morning as I was preparing to leave for a Board of Ministry Meeting in Colorado Springs, I received two notices of deaths connected to our congregation. The mother of one of our young members had passed away the day before at age 60. A 75-year-old former member had also died in the last week. Grief is inescapable. It touches all of our lives sooner or later. I am not just talking about bereavement, but also about the emotional response to any significant loss or change in our lives. Mental anguish is a normal consequence of being let go from a job, having an amputation, going through a divorce, having a child go off to college, having a child move back home after college, retiring, moving from your home, losing trust, giving up a driver’s license, having a good friend move away, losing your home to fire, flood or a hurricane, having a beloved pet pass away, suffering a miscarriage, or experiencing incarceration.
Series: Handling Our Humanness
Third Sunday in Lent
Scripture: II Corinthians 1:3
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