Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA

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A new way to mourn

From The New York Times Daily podcast we hear how a pastor quickly puts together an online funeral for his wife. The service, punctuated with technical difficulties and expressions of deep love, reveals the new rituals we are creating in crisis.

He was a pastor. She was a poet. They found a second chance at love and traveled the world together, visiting Antarctica, Mount Sinai and Alaska. We hear how he memorialized her life when she died in quarantine.