Finding Words in Hard Times - with Jon Swanson

Finding Words in Hard Times - with Jon Swanson

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What I assume (but don’t know for sure) about that time while someone is dying.

A short conversation in a scary moment.

The blessing of the hands, 2022.

A time of reflection at the end of two years.

A book for when you need to lead a funeral or memorial service

What to say when you can't respond yet

You can't win a debate with dementia

The Lord's Prayer

Ancient prayers: the psalms

A night-time prayer

On praying the prayers others have written.

Deathbed Speech Class. A proposal

An online grief packet.

How to write a eulogy.

10 ways to help each other survive (or maybe endure)

10 simple phrases when visiting in the first hours after a death.

When there’s no hope of recovery, how do you recover hope?

How do I write an obituary?

Grief and holidays in 2021

A working list for life after a difficult diagnosis

I couldn't be there when my loved one died.

What can you say when someone's loved one has died?

Sending a note in time of grief.

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