Grief & Lament in sermons

Sermons on this theme talk about grief, mourning, lament, loss of a loved one, the valley of the shadow, comfort those who mourn, funeral, weep with those. Part of Human Experience & Emotion. Least common in Episcopal churches (1.0%).

Year by year

By denomination

Preached alongside

Themes that share a sermon with Grief & Lament more often than chance (×2 = twice as often as in sermons overall).

Churches that preach it most

• Community Congregational Church of Clinton Heights UCC 71% of 34 sermons
• FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF PERRY 63% of 35 sermons
• WINDCREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 61% of 31 sermons
• First UU of Austin 60% of 344 sermons
• Whosoever Ministry UCC 58% of 31 sermons
• Ripley United Church of Christ 52% of 33 sermons
• Unity Unitarian 41% of 61 sermons
• Park Place Congregational UCC 34% of 62 sermons
• Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE) 33% of 234 sermons
• Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts 33% of 229 sermons
• The Foothills Deeper Pod 33% of 110 sermons
• Hucklow Summer School - Unitarian RE Week 32% of 34 sermons

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