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, 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. I hope it will help you navigate the sadness and separations you’re holding right now.