Please read Elizabeth Brady’s most recent article on Open to Hope, http://www.opentohope.com/keep-door-soul-open/. This website also has many resources available to those needing tips for the holidays.
Belonging
BY EVELYN WALD How old were you when you had a pet or loved one die? Many folks can remember their first significant loss — even the goldfish from Grange Fair that may have only lasted a few months. Children grieve. Alan Wolfelt, an expert on grief says: “If you’re […]
Show Your Support on Children’s Grief Awareness Day
BY CASEY GOODALL There is no formula for grieving. Everyone does it in his/her own time and in his/her own way. The most important point is that we do it. Grief has its way with us whether we pay attention to it or not. For me, there is no other […]
Grief Is a Journey You Take One Day at a ...
BY EVELYN WALD During the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Learning to Live: What’s Your Story? sponsored a Community Remembrance Creation event. The mission of our collaborative partnership is to encourage people to share their stories of how they are learning to live with loss — loss, grief, growth […]
Community Members Use Art to Express Grief
Our daughter said, “Mom, Dad, we need to talk — it’s important.” Parents of any teenager know that momentary panic — “What can this be about?” — followed by a mental checklist of possibilities. But this time, nothing on the checklist was even close to the truth. “I’m transgender.” This […]
Events Seek to Build a Bridge Between LGBTQ and Faith ...
BY BEN WIDEMAN As a campus minister for 3rd Way Collective, I find myself in a lot of interesting spaces. Our organizational identity is rooted in faith-based peace and social justice, and striving for this means that our work ends up centering on what it means to belong. So many […]