grief — prayers + writings

Grounding Meditation

In the wake of community trauma - most recently the mass shooting in our community - Boulder, CO - let's breathe together.

meditation, videoKristen PsakiMarch 23, 2021grief, gun violence, mass shooting, breathComment

Chaplains for Whiteness

Reflections after the Jan. 6th insurrection.

I’ve been thinking about chaplains for whiteness.
Well actually all I could really say at first was “white supremacist terrorists!” - loudly - as if really accurate language would at least reveal the devastating hypocrisy in it all.

Kristen PsakiJanuary 15, 2021grief, collective grief, white supremacy, death, dying, insurrection, prayer

Climate Grief

Climate grief can’t be fixed - it can only be felt.

And so perhaps its time that we remember how to grieve.
To not look away, but to move in closer.
To let the tears flow as long as they want to flow.
To find a place to yell.
To sing a song about the earth’s beauty with both joy and sadness.