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Scenario

How to plan a memorial when grief has fractured family faith

My sister and I have been planning Dad's memorial service and she wants it to celebrate his 'eternal rest in Christ' while I can barely believe in anything after watching him suffer, and every conversation about the service becomes a fight about whether God is good. We both want to honor him but we can't agree on what that looks like when we're in completely different spiritual places.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Practical decisions about honoring the dead become impossible when loss has shattered shared spiritual understanding.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and faith — when loss challenges belief?”

Peri

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