{"id":5155,"date":"2020-04-24T18:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2020\/04\/24\/dear-coronavirus-6-supporting-those-with-loss\/"},"modified":"2020-04-24T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:18:22","slug":"dear-coronavirus-6-supporting-those-with-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/dear-coronavirus-6-supporting-those-with-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Coronavirus 6: Supporting those with loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>24 April 2020 | Bern, Switzerland [CD-EUDNews\/<em>ted<\/em>NEWS].&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Often, we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving. It is just our presence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new #dearcoronavirus #6 is perhaps to most moving to date. It may well make your spine tingle as you watch it,\u201d declares Victor Hulbert, TED Communication director and one of the coordinators of the series #dearcoronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Many are discovering this really is true!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Excellent video,&#8221; writes Hope Channel&#8217;s Joe Sloan, Director of International development. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you so much for this moving message of care and comfort,&#8221; adds Family therapist and TED Family Ministries director, Karen Holford.<\/p>\n<p>In this new videoclip we hear from two people who have both lost a loved one to this deadly virus \u2013 and give a silent tribute to support all those who have suffered loss.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#dearcoronavirus 06 - Comfort for the grieving\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JyBttlzRAZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the silence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving,\u201d says Hulbert. \u201cIt is just our presence.\u201d This is a virtual hug! It is simply saying, \u201cWe are here! We are with you!\u201d As the apostle Paul puts it, it allows us to \u201cmourn with those that mourn\u201d [Romans 12:15]. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-5153\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" title=\"A silent sign of solidarity in multiple languages\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece.png\" alt=\"Corona 6 greece\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece.png 854w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-500x280.png 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-700x393.png 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-greece-560x315.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cUnfortunately, this coronavirus has taken away the opportunity to physically be in silent presence beside those who suffer the loss of their beloved,\u201d states a regretful Corrado Cozzi, EUD Communication director and another coordinator of the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, so many are prevented from saying that simple goodbye which, although unheard, frees the soul from the burden of separation,\u201d he states. \u201cThis clip simply recognizes this lack and, using simple images, is a tribute to all who suffer loss. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere really is no appropriate time to say goodbye to a loved one, but the time we are living in now seems rather fit for the \u2018inappropriate category\u2019,\u201d writes Carmen L\u0103iu, a writer for <a href=\"https:\/\/st.network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ST Network<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/semneletimpului.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semnele timpului<\/a>. \u201cAt any time, irreplaceable losses pierce our heart, and the process of inner reconstruction excels only in slowness and difficulty. \u201cThe new coronavirus is \u2018a plague,\u2019 one that steals even the consolation of gestures marking the parting.\u201d [Read the full article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/st.network\/health\/covid-19\/grieving-in-the-time-of-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">st.network online magazine<\/a>.] <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/images_news-2020_Corona-6-cover.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>The English version of #dearcoronavirus 6 can be <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JyBttlzRAZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watched here<\/a> and a Facebook version on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/115640131834712\/212932446699387\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook playlist<\/a>. You will see that the silent tribute may also develop your reading skills as we consciously chose some countries with varied alphabets. <\/p>\n<p><strong>How you can help?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#Dearcoronavirus is a positive message of hope being shared around the world in multiple languages. Be part of this programme of hope by sharing these videos with your circle of friends across your social media platforms. You can watch the whole series on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLHlTyU7ArSTJxYa9LcA9jGdD5cU6YfXVm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your sharing may help someone like this person who had dropped away from faith many years ago:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your videos are very emotional, real and strong. Each of these videos make me cry with emotion!!!&nbsp; All the time. And what I mostly like is the openness of the message that impacts people who do not know God or have wandered away or left the church&#8230; You guys are touching differently many hearts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>tedNEWS Staff: Victor Hulbert, editor; Deana Stojkovi\u0107, associate editor<br \/>119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:tednews@ted.adventist.org\">tednews@ted.adventist.org<\/a><br \/>Website: www.ted.adventist.org<br \/>tedNEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division. Readers are free to republish or share this article with appropriate credit including an active hyperlink to the original article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 April 2020 | Bern, Switzerland [CD-EUDNews\/<em>ted<\/em>NEWS].&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Often, we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving. It is just our presence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new #dearcoronavirus #6 is perhaps to most moving to date. It may well make your spine tingle as you watch it,\u201d declares Victor Hulbert, TED Communication director and one of the coordinators of the series #dearcoronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1577],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-organisational-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}