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Hello Friend,

I don’t know you but I think I know something about you: I know you’re grieving right now.

I wonder what you’re mourning the loss of these days:

It may be your idea of God or country or family.
It may be your belief in the inherent goodness of people.
It may be a relationship with someone you once felt fully at home around.
It may be your sense of optimism about the future.
It may be the lightness you used to feel when you woke up in the morning.
It may be every single one of these things, and more that you can’t quite name right now.
You are in good company.
There are eight billion funerals happening simultaneously right now across this planet.
To live is to lose.

I spend a good deal of my time as a writer, speaker, and former pastor, attending to the collective pain out there. I’d love to connect with you on my Substack newsletter The Beautiful Mess ([link removed]) , where I start conversations on faith, life, love, compassion, politics, and the losses we accumulate here.

In the meantime, here’s a free download of The Mourning After: a collection of writings on grief ([link removed]) . I hope it will help you navigate the sadness and separations you’re holding right now.
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Be encouraged.
John

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John Pavlovitz is a writer, pastor, and activist from
Wake Forest, North Carolina. A 25-year veteran in the
trenches of local church ministry, John is committed to
equality, diversity, and justice—both inside and outside
faith communities. When not actively working for a
more compassionate planet, John enjoys spending
time with his family, exercising, cooking, and having
time in nature. He is the author of Worth Fighting For,
If God is Love, Don't be a Jerk, A Bigger Table, Hope
and Other Superpowers, Low, Rise, and Stuff That
Needs to Be Said.

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