The grief series is such a needed initiative. Evans’ framing — grief as presence, as object, as memory — felt tender and true. Sister Sarah Hennessey’s role as both spiritual director and mental health guide highlights something too often overlooked: the quiet spiritual labor of helping others hold their pain.
Also struck by the juxtaposition of stories this week — from AI and Jainism to sound ordinances in Kenya and Ramadan dramas driving social reform. It reminds me how religion remains a shapeshifting force across time and technology, loss and longing, ritual and rebellion.
Curious: Will the grief series also explore non-traditional mourning practices or how digital life (AI memorials, virtual wakes, etc.) is reshaping grief? That would be a fascinating angle.
Keep this rich, nuanced reporting coming. These dispatches help us see the soul of the world more clearly.
The grief series is such a needed initiative. Evans’ framing — grief as presence, as object, as memory — felt tender and true. Sister Sarah Hennessey’s role as both spiritual director and mental health guide highlights something too often overlooked: the quiet spiritual labor of helping others hold their pain.
Also struck by the juxtaposition of stories this week — from AI and Jainism to sound ordinances in Kenya and Ramadan dramas driving social reform. It reminds me how religion remains a shapeshifting force across time and technology, loss and longing, ritual and rebellion.
Curious: Will the grief series also explore non-traditional mourning practices or how digital life (AI memorials, virtual wakes, etc.) is reshaping grief? That would be a fascinating angle.
Keep this rich, nuanced reporting coming. These dispatches help us see the soul of the world more clearly.