Pre-grief is not the absence of hope. Somehow, we can mourn what is passing away even while we work to preserve it.
Ellen B. Koneck
Ellen B. Koneck works at Springtide Research Institute, an organization dedicated to exploring and listening to the inner and outer lives of young people. She manages acquisitions and marketing at Anselm Academic and previously worked at Commonweal magazine, taught at Sacred Heart University and received a master of arts in religion from Yale Divinity School.
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What being a twin taught me about motherhood
Despite only recently earning the title, motherhood was not new to me. My body, my mind, my time are not my own.
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How I learned to read for fun again after graduate school
My ultimate cure? Book club.
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How modern technology helped me teach theology to uninterested college students
I have found that it is unproductive to force theological ideas into the minds of students despite their disinterest.