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Thursday, July 27, 2023 | 7:00 PM

As we turn our attention toward the reality of our world and how it became as it is, it’s important that we prepare to grieve the harm that our society has done and continues to do. Mourning that loss is an important step toward healing it.

One of the great paradoxes of life in the United States is that while we all experience loss, we’re largely left on our own to process and integrate it. As we begin moving our attention from the interior world where we’ve spent the first half of this series, we look to Francis Weller for what he calls “an apprenticeship with sorrow.” This opportunity to face our own losses, whatever they may be, is a crucial step toward facing others’ loss. Even more importantly, it equips us to be present to the loss and suffering in the world without being overcome by it. The Wild Edge of Sorrow provides some wisdom for that task.