This series was written in a season of grief and transition for our congregation. Though it can be applicable for other seasons, it is designed with grief at its heart, and is a stewardship series that tends to a church in grief: pastoral, hopeful, tender, merciful, and hopefully healing. For us, the season began on All Saints Day, which was appropriate for the tone of the series and temperature of the congregation we serve. Feel free, of course, to adapt the series to suit your own congregation’s context and situation.