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Grieving has been turned into coping and getting back to “normal,” and this is where John Schneider says we have it wrong.  John was a psychologist and a member of our UU congregation in Traverse City, Michigan.  He specialized in grief and grieving. For him, this emphasis on coping is all about getting back to where we were, rather than the more appropriate task of finding a way to reach beyond, to move into something different, and to find transformation through the process.  For John, grief was not only about coping, but also about hope, and the power of hope to transform our grief and loss and love into something that can help us move into a future made different by that loss.

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley is a Congregational Life Consultant with the MidAmerica Regional Staff.

Lisa Presley is a life-long Unitarian Universalist who was an active lay leader before entering our ministry in 1991.  As a lay leader she was board president, board member, worship associate, stewardship campaign chair, religious education teacher, bookkeeper, secretary, and shoveled the snow as well as many other “duties as assigned”.  She has served congregations as interim minister (Calgary AB, Rochester MI, Naperville IL, San Rafael CA), and as settled minister (Southfield MI). Her work for first the Heartland District and now the MidAmerica Region includes mentoring, teaching, and working with congregations in all aspects of congregational life.  For MidAmerica she is a “deep generalist” working across the spectrum of congregational issues, while taking as her “deep” areas include areas of safe congregations, the UUA Disaster Relief Fund, and working toward greater intercultural competency in our congregations.  She lives in Kalamazoo, MI, with her partner and their dog Teddy.

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