A Hole in the World

When did we forget how to grieve well?When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of lossincluding three miscarriages and the unexpected death of her sister, New York Times bestselling writer Rachel Held Evansshe was confronted with sorrow she didn't know to how face. Opelt struggled to process her grief and accept the reality of the pain in the world. She also wrestled with some unexpectedly difficult questions: What does it mean to truly grieve and to grieve well? Why is it so hard to move on? Why didnt my faith prepare me for this kind of pain? And what am I supposed to do now?Her search for answers led her to discover that generations past embraced rituals that served as vessels for pain and aided in the process of grieving and healing.Today, many of these traditions have been lost as religious practice declines, cultures amalgamate, death is sanitized, and pain is averted.In this raw and...