Adriel Booker - Stories, Articles, Resources

An invitation to hold space, grieve, and heal after loss

Two events to help you grieve with hope—An invitation to hold space, remember, and grow toward wholeness after loss

Today is the due date for the first baby we lost—Scarlett. To be honest, it’s simply too hard for me to remember all four due dates and all four anniversaries of our babies’ passing. But Scarlett’s is easy for me because it comes during pregnancy and

Pregnancy & Baby Loss Remembrance Service: Make space for your grief and honor your baby after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death

Make space for your grief and honor your baby after miscarriage, stillbirth, or other forms of infant loss We know the deep pain of losing a baby. We also know there’s no blueprint for parents to know how to grieve or commemorate their baby’s life after miscarriage, stillbirth, or other forms of pregnancy […]

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Are you experiencing a fresh wave of pandemic grief? Persist in hope.

Are you experiencing a fresh wave of pandemic grief? Suffering deserves the dignity of recognition At the beginning of the pandemic I wrote and asked you: How are you doing, really? Reading through your responses gave me all the feels. I was floored by your candor, heart, humility, and vulnerability in sharing […]

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A Pregnancy and Baby Loss Community for You

Join Our Scarlett Stories—a compassionate support community for women to hold space for grief, grace, and hope after miscarriage and other forms of pregnancy and baby loss.

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Break bread together

In Luke 24 we’re transported to a dusty road headed to Emmaus where two of the disciples were in the middle of discussing the heartbreaking current events they were living through. I imagine them feeling any number of things—bewilderment, lament, fear, hopelessness, anger, confusion—when Jesus himself walked up among them and joined the conversation. Jesus […]

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Ruach: Breath of God

Ruach is the Hebrew word used in scripture for the breath of God. It is wind, Spirit, life. It’s not so much a physical force but an essence—God’s essence that sustains life. It’s sometimes also translated as Spirit of God, such as in Genesis chapter 1. As we continue to pray for the USA, for […]

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Suffering deserves the dignity of recognition

Suffering is everywhere. As it gets louder it demands our attention. It shouldn’t have to demand, but we’re so practiced at looking away that sometimes suffering must get loud enough for us to actually notice its presence. Suffering cannot be alleviated unless we first acknowledge it exists. It has to be named. In Grace […]

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Privilege and Power

I can’t stop thinking about my privilege lately. It’s been a growing revelation for a good portion of my adult life, but everything was quickened this year at the onset of the global pandemic. As I watched Australia beautifully handle the unfolding of the Coronavirus and manage to keep our case load numbers extremely […]

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What was lost

I spent some time naming all the things that were lost this year as the world was jarred to stillness with Covid-19. It was painful. Some of the things lost have been public—we lost a lot of income and one of the properties we run our ministry out of. We lost students, momentum, opportunity. Some […]

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Deep Dive: Grief support groups after pregnancy loss

Are you looking for additional grief support after miscarriage, stillbirth, or other types of pregnancy loss? Maybe your grief is fresh and raw and you’re still reeling from the suffocating blow of a recent miscarriage. Or maybe you’ve long ago buried a secret grief, but something within is probing you to lean in closer […]

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I See You, Mother

I see you—the one flattened by the words “I can’t find a heartbeat.” I see you—the one trying and waiting and wondering how much longer you can hold on to hope. I see you—the one wondering if you have the right to grieve. I see you—the one carrying a long ago grief that still sneaks […]

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