New England Perspectives
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Grieving with Hope
Grief. I’m not sure that I ever really understood grief until the last few months. It is one of those emotions you can read about, study, or discuss, but can’t really understand until you personally experience it. After losing my wife to pancreatic cancer 7 months ago, I’m still coming to terms with what it means to grieve.
Leading Worship through Grief
Before the pandemic, early in 2019, during a Saturday setup and rehearsal for our Sunday worship gatherings, I received news that one of my brother’s best friends had to be rushed to the hospital. He was thirty-six, fit, in the prime of his life, a father, and a strong male presence in his church. Within two hours, he had died and gone to be with the Lord.