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How to navigate religious grief support as a non-believer

My grief group meets at a church and I'm the only non-religious person there so I just nod along when they talk about God's plan and heaven.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The architecture of comfort built on faith can become exclusionary, leaving secular mourners homeless in their own healing spaces.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief groups and communities?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.