Mark L. Belletini

Mark Belletini

The Rev. Mark Belletini is minister emeritus of First UU Church of Columbus, Ohio, and the author of Nothing Gold Can Stay: The Colors of Grief (Skinner House, 2015).

Learn more about Mark L. Belletini on UUA.org.

By Mark L. Belletini

  • Illustration of two people hugging
    Grief and weariness
    Mark L. Belletini

    Grief has often worn me out, while restoring me to myself at the same time.

  • Reading for the day
    Mark L. Belletini
    Love the gift of your life and do no harm.
  • R-20120229-0021.jpg Hiram Powers American, 1805 - 1873 Study of a Hand, 1856 charcoal heightened with white chalk on green wove paper sheet: 11.2 × 17.6 cm (4 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.) John Davis Hatch Collection, National Gallery of Art.
    The art of living through a pandemic
    Mark L. Belletini

    During the AIDS era, the saving presence of art in my life enabled me both to grieve full time and to serve as a minister full time.

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