grief
The Allender Center’s Statement on Racial Trauma
George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Tony McDade. The list of Black men, women, and children killed in our nation’s history stretches far, far beyond...
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Let the Lament Come
The grocery store has become my dirge. A lament for the life that no longer exists. Every time I go, I’m overcome by tears. While...
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Honoring Our Embodied Trauma in the Midst of a Pandemic
How are your bodies and hearts right now, friends? I don’t know a single person right now that isn’t enduring some sort of loss. Perhaps...
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You Are Someone’s Advent
Advent is upon us again. I used to feel like I wasn’t ready each year as Advent rolled around. I would lament not being more...
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The Loudness of Grief
My four-year-old son pushed gently on my still-protruding belly. “Why are you still kind of puffy there mama?” I took a deep breath to steady...
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There’s No Going Back, Part Three
In response to a question about aging, Keith Anderson, former President of The Seattle School and friend of Dan Allender, wrote a reflection on turning...
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A Letter to My Younger Self
This letter is one I wrote to my younger self who grew up in a country with continuous effects of colonialism in the Philippines, where...
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There Is No Going Back, Part Two
In response to a question about aging, Keith Anderson, former President of The Seattle School and friend of Dan Allender, wrote a reflection on turning...
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