Death, Grief and Belief Facebook Group

The theme for this year's symposium is Positive and Negative Religious Coping, and in this rare learning environment, you'll work interactively with some of today's most respected leaders in death and bereavement studies. Join us for a day of unique content, experiential processes and interactive group exercises covering critical issues not generally addressed in traditional counseling or support group settings.

The content offered in this program is designed for mental health, end-of-life and spiritual care professionals (there are six CE credit hours available), but it also suitable for bereaved individuals.

The Virginia Beach chapter of The International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) is looking for people who've had near-death experiences to tell their stories in person at Saturday meetings throughout 2022. If yo'ure in Virginia Beach (or can travel there), plesae contact Dick Dinges by phone at (757) 575-5729 or via email: RichardADinges@aol.com.

Nearly 60% of the nones say religion was at least somewhat important to their families when they were growing up, according to the AP-NORC poll. It found that 30% of nones meditate and 26% pray privately at least a few times a month, while smaller numbers consult periodically with a religious or spiritual leader." READ MORE...

The Child-Friendly Faith Project (CFFP) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to share knowledge and build community around the issue of religious child maltreatment, which is defined as any abuse or neglect a child suffers as a result of religious belief, doctrine, or practice.

Click HERE to learn about the organization.

CFFP was founded in 2012 by Janet Heimlich, author of Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment. CFFP is currently seeking new board members with experience in fundraising, law, accounting, management, human rights advocacy, or media relations. This is an unpaid position that requires about five hours a month of your time.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a board member, please EMAIL

CFFP with a brief description of your interests and qualifications.

We often think about grief as something that only occurs after a death, but people grieve in many different situations. Grieving is a natural process that follows any loss. Some types of non-death losses would include the loss of identity after becoming an empty nester, loss of community after moving, and, of course, loss of a relationship.

When going through a divorce or ending a significant intimate relationship, grieving allows us to work through the thoughts and feelings that are brought on by the many different losses that come with it. Whether it's working through the physical loss of another person being absent from the home, a loss of security, loss of friendship or companionship, or even financial loss, each needs to be acknowledged and grieved. READ MORE...

"American antipathy for atheism is as old as America. Although many colonists came to this country seeking to practice their own faith freely, they brought with them a notion of religious liberty that extended only to other religions—often only to other denominations of Christianity. From John Locke they inherited the idea that atheists cannot be good citizens and should not be brought into the social contract; in “A Letter Concerning Toleration,” Locke had written, “Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of a God.'" READ MORE...

Dr. Terri Daniel invites you to join her -- and a stellar list of esteemed teachers -- to explore ancient and modern understandings of dying and living through a variety of cultural and spiritual lenses, including Tibetan and Zen Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Judaic, and Shamanic traditions. In this extraordinary conference, you will explore the nature of death as part of life, and compare all visions of possible afterlife experiences from existential to theistic to shamanic. CLICK HERE for details and registration.

The exclusive discount for our subscribers has ended, but the regular earlybird ticket for The Conference on Death, Grief and Belief is now available, and it's a $50 discount on general admission. This is the only chance you'll have to save that much, so register before Feb. 15 to take advantage of this great offer!

Don't worry... if it turns out that Covid forces us to cancel the conference, all tickets will be fully refunded.

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