Dealing with Adversity & Tribulation: Overcoming The Sorrow of Loss and Grief

This week's Cosmic Citizen continues with our series on "Dealing with Adversity and Tribulation" as we explore the topic of death, loss, and grief and the effects that a broken heart has on our lives. In doing this series, our hope is to inspire our listeners, through the heartbreak and tumult, to a place of peace and balance again. We will look at how to deal with grief and death, even the worst kind of loss, the death of a child. We'll look at what we can do to help others get through the grieving process. We'll look at the role that faith and spirit connection plays in the process of recovering from the most serious of all heartbreaks. We've invited longtime Urantia Book students, who have experienced this kind of loss. We again intend to create a SAFE SPACE to discuss this sensitive issue so that they can openly share their tender and personal stories, including tragedies and triumphs, with overcoming grief. Again, we will do our best to practice our active listening skills. Our three guests, Andrea Barnes, Beth Challis, and Susan Meyers, are all longtime students of The Urantia Book. All have experienced more than 40 years with The Urantia Book and the Urantia community and all have suffered the unbearable and senseless loss of a child. They have come through these hardships with grace and dignity and we hope to get their insights and hard-won wisdom on how they did it. What did they do that helped? What did other people do that helped? How did their faith and belief in The Urantia Book's teachings on life after death help? Some of our callers may not be familiar with the Urantia Book, so we ask that everyone remember to be respectful of their beliefs and traditions and help us to maintain this safe and sacred space on the show again this week. We would love to hear your story as well. We've all had to overcome something. Please call 646-716-8158 and press 1 if you wish to speak with the hosts.