As a UU chaplain serving a community hospital near the Florida-Georgia line, Rev. Carmen Emerson reflects on life before death, what the pandemic can teach us about grieving, and how preparing for one’s inevitable mortality is a gesture of gratitude for a well-lived life.
Chalice Lighting: Joanne Giannino, inspired by Wendell Berry and Sara Moores Campbell
Opening Hymn: Let It Be A Dance
Story: Badger’s Parting Gifts
Meditation Reading: Everything Falls Away by Parker Palmer
Closing Hymn: For All That Is Our Life