{"id":642,"date":"2020-12-14T09:48:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/ccc\/?p=642"},"modified":"2020-12-14T09:58:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:58:45","slug":"grief-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/2020\/12\/14\/grief-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Grief Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_457\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\" wp-image-457\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/10\/LeSette-Wright-2019-smaller-1-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"LeSette headshot\" width=\"180\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/10\/LeSette-Wright-2019-smaller-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/10\/LeSette-Wright-2019-smaller-1-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/10\/LeSette-Wright-2019-smaller-1-1009x1024.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/10\/LeSette-Wright-2019-smaller-1.jpg 1951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Dr. LeSette Wright<\/p><\/div>\n<p>December 25, 2020 marks seven months since<br \/>\nGeorge Floyd, Jr. was killed in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>What will Christmas be like for his 6-year old daughter Gianna and the rest of their family? Will the voice of grief speak louder than the hope proclaimed by Christmas?<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, everyday grief speaks; some days louder than others.\u00a0 The holidays have a way of increasing the volume of griefs voice.\u00a0 With this in mind, let\u2019s create spaces in our lives for conversations and constructive outlets for our grief.\u00a0 Let\u2019s make it safe to grieve individually and communally.\u00a0 Let\u2019s nurture an atmosphere where the grieving process is normative and we choose to engage that process in a life giving, life sustaining way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_643\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"wp-image-643\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/George-Floyds-daughter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/George-Floyds-daughter.jpg 249w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ccc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/George-Floyds-daughter-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gianna Floyd; from Gianna Floyd\u2019s Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Christmas, how do we grieve alongside the families of George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and the countless other families feeling the traumatically blaring absence of loved ones?<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, let\u2019s commit to turning our pain and anger into power and action both individually and communally.\u00a0 Let\u2019s help one another by pledging and acting to develop lifestyles of anti-racism, love, justice, forgiveness, courage and hope.\u00a0 Let\u2019s proclaim, \u201cI see you and you matter\u201d through every thought nurtured, word spoken, message sent, action taken.<\/p>\n<p>This holiday season, lets reach out to grieving individuals and families with a welcome to weep, a note of hope, a thoughtful donation, a gift of love, a prayer for peace, an invitation to reflect.<\/p>\n<p>God, as we reflect on the birth of Christ, I pray that our humanity will be cultivated.\u00a0 Teach us to love as we were born to love.\u00a0 Be with Gianna Floyd as this is her first Christmas without her Daddy.\u00a0 Comfort the Floyd family and all of us that feel the pain of grief during the holidays.\u00a0 Help us to support one another and nurture a nation where love abounds and despair does not win, In Jesus Name, AMEN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 25, 2020 marks seven months since George Floyd, Jr. was killed in police custody. 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