Fran Shelton: Walking with Faith and Grief
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Fran Shelton is one of three founders of Faith & Grief Ministries, a Dallas-based organization that began in 2007. Fran received a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Her doctoral project was “Blessed are Those Who Mourn: Offering Comfort Through Worship and Theological Reflection.” She is also the author of No Winter Lasts Forever: A Memoir of Loving Bob and Loathing Alzheimer’s, a memoir describing the years that her husband lived with Alzheimer’s disease. We asked Fran to share about her experience with grief and how loss intersects with community and mental health.