As individuals, we all know pain and loss. It is the rare person who escapes sorrow. But when one of us hurts, others are there to offer comfort. Communal tragedy is different. When something bad happens to us as a community—whether that is a school, a town, a people, or a country—we struggle to figure out how to tend to our own wounds while taking care of each other. Drawing on compassion, empathy, justice, and love, we can bring out the best in each other, and perhaps, find a theology of hope in the midst of despair.
A poem that remembers the lives of lost loved ones and those who perished in the Holocaust
A prayer for compassion and empathy in the midst of fear and pain
A prayer of thanksgiving for the goodness, protection, and empowerment in our lives
A meditation for counting the Omer during hard or traumatic times
Including eggs in your seder meal to remind us of the circle of life, and that endings often mark beginnings
A prayer for strength, wisdom, and compassion amidst pain and suffering
A prayer for the well-being of the people of East Africa, and for the wisdom and strength to respond effectively to both the short- and long-term challenges they face
A prayer for those who continue to struggle after the devastating earthquake in Haiti
A prayer for World AIDS Day, may this terrible disease become but a nightmare from history
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