Grief and Consolation
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Pastoral Care In Times Of Death And Dying
$13.99Add to cartCounseling someone who is dying or consoling a family who has suffered a death is one of the hardest parts of ministry. In times like these it’s important for pastors to know what to say and how best to offer their support.
Pastoral Care in Times of Death and Dying is a practical guide that offers step-by-step direction and solid advice for handling the difficult responsibility of ministering to others in situations surrounding death. From visiting and shepherding the terminally ill to overseeing funeral arrangements and comforting grieving families, Danny Goddard helps pastors, chaplains, and lay leaders understand their roles and bereavement responsibilities so they ll know the best way to offer compassion, love, and support to those who need it most.
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Unplanned Journey : A Triumph In Life And Death
$9.33Add to cartWhatever He wants, were some of the final words of Philip Joseph Morrow late in the night of April 12, 2005. He was looking at a picture of Jesus which was upright at the end of his hospital bed, occasionally raising his head to look up at it. Can you see him, Honey? I would say to him. Sure can, he is my mate was Phil’s response. That night, at just after 11:11pm, Phil finally met his mate Jesus.This is the story that Philip wanted told. He kept a detailed account of his journey and process for the five months leading up to his death as did his wife Tanya for the months thereafter. This is a story of faith and hope. It brings hope and courage to others who are facing the grief of loss and are now finding their way in life. The author also reveals her process for the twelve months after that April night and the raw emotion which accompanies grief. She openly shares of how it was her faith and abandonment to God which always saw her through.
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Heaven Tours : Astonishing Journeys
$17.99Add to cartHeaven Tours is Rita Bennett’s second book on the fascinating topic of Heaven. Through biblical teaching and the stories of people who have visited heaven and have had near-deth experiences, this book clearly presents Heaven as a real place of unconditional love, tangible peace, phenomenal beauty, radiant light, and great glory.This is a book of comfort, spiritual understanding, and emotional healing, and for those who have lost
loved ones, this book will give reassurance, peace, and hope. The author openly and directly answers questions about Heaven and eternal life. -
See You Later Alligator After While Crocodile
$12.49Add to cartExplores the feelings and frustrations of those who have lost a loved one. With empathy and a touch of whimsy, the author walks the reader through the stages of grief. As one alligator who has lost multiple crocodiles in her life, she provides encouragement to take the steps necessary to work through grief and get to a new normal in life. Encouraging Scriptures help the reader to embrace life and realize that God is still in control. Journal questions and pages also help the reader to record important thoughts and experience renewed life.
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Stories From The Edge
$25.00Add to cartThis is not a book about the stages of grief, or the 10 steps to overcoming it. In fact, it’s more about suffering in general than bereavement in particular. Garrett (The Gospel According to Hollywood) draws on a summer he spent doing clinical pastoral education-a kind of boot camp for hospital chaplains-to discuss age-old theodicy questions. The book challenges certain myths that American Christians have swallowed about God-e.g., that God is a transactional ATM who is obligated to dispense good things to the faithful, or that it’s Satan, not God, who makes rotten things happen. Some of these myths are eloquently debunked, while others-such as Americans’ persistent faith in consumerism and their ability to “buy” health and happiness-deserve more ink. Garrett scores points with the powerful stories of the hospital patients he prayed alongside as well as his own autobiographical discussions of dealing with severe depression. Christians who are looking for theologically nuanced ways of thinking about suffering can learn much from this brief book.
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Good Mourning : Getting Through Your Grief
$17.00Add to cartIn this brief book Allan Cole explains the process of grief and what loss can do to us, identifies ways of coping, and reminds us of the hope that we can find in mourning. Ulitimately, Cole offers a plan of “good mourning” – a way to work through the loss and rebuild life with new strength. Cole describes what it takes to be engaged in good mourning instead of endless suffering and demonstrates how faith and prayer can be practical tools in rebuilding life after loss.
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Courage To Grieve
$16.99Add to cartThis unusual self-help book about surviving grief offers the reader comfort and inspiration. Each of us will face some loss, sorrow and disappointment in our lives, and The Courage to Grieve provides the specific help we need to enable us to face our grief fully and to recover and grow from the experience. Although the book emphasizes the response to the death of a loved one, The Courage to Grieve can help with every kind of loss and grief.
Judy Tatelbaum gives us a fresh look at understanding grief, showing us that grief is a natural, inevitable human experience, including all the unexpected, intense and uncomfortable emotions like sorrow, guilt, loneliness, resentment, confusion, or even the temporary loss of the will to live. The emphasis is to clarify and offer help, and the tone is spiritual, optimistic, creative and easy to understand. Judy Tatelbaum provides excellent advice on how to help oneself and others get through the immediate experience of death and the grief that follows, as well as how to understand the special grief of children. Particularly useful are the techniques for completing or “finishing” grief–counteracting the popular misconception that grief never ends. The Courage to Grieve shows us how to live life with the ultimate courage: not fearing death. This book is about so much more than death and grieving it is about life and joy and growth.
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Saving A Life
$13.99Add to cartYoung Jeff Morris never quite fit in. As a result, his behavior got more destructive as he grew older. His parents diligently prayed for his life, all the while wondering, what will save our son? But when Jeff was found dead from a drug overdose, the resulting answers were anything but expected.
This book tells the intimate story of a family surviving unspeakable tragedy. Reeling from the aftershock of their son’s death, the couple discovers that God is ever faithful, and that Christ is always present.
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Death Is No Stranger
$9.95Add to cartThe death of a loved one is a traumatic, life-altering experience at any time in our lives. However, it can be especially harrowing when the one left behind is a child. These children must face the difficult reality of mortality without the coping mechanisms we gain as we mature. Therefore, it is up to us as adults to aid and guide these little ones through this experience, loving and supporting them along the way. But how do we begin?
Death Is No Stranger, Cynthia Long Lasher offers resources and guidance for aiding in grief ministry to children, allowing them to adapt in a healthy manner to the reality of life without a loved one while still allowing them to remain what they are — children. This is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, ministers, and others who interact with children during times of loss.
This resource will guide the reader through the process of aiding children in their grief, covering such topics as:
Talking To Children About Death
How Children Understand Death
Defining Grief and Mourning, and
Types of Grief ReactionsGod calls us to protect and care for our children. Death Is No Stranger gives direction on how to care for children in these difficult circumstances. Most importantly, this book helps us during times of loss to guide children to God, who loves them most of all.
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Learning To Live Laugh And Love Again
$13.49Add to cartThis book shares the author’s journey of learning to move forward with her life after the sudden death of her daughter to cancer at the age of 31. This is a story only a mother can write as a gift to another mother. It shares with readers her ups and downs as she struggled to rebuild her life and marriage in the midst of terrible grief. Grieving is not for the weak. Grief is exhausting, both mentally and physically, but the journey builds strength of character.
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Unwelcome Journey : Understanding The Journey Of Grief
$14.99Add to cartThis book was written with three things in mind: (1) that the grieving soul might realize the thoughts and feelings he/she is experiencing are not unique to him/her but that many others are having the same feelings and thoughts; (2) that the experiences of many who have traveled this unwelcome journey before are available to help us on the journey; and (3) to give new insights to the Christian community and others, so they may develop more effective ways to “be there” for the grieving friend or relative.
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Living In The Shadow Of The Ghosts Of Your Grief
$13.95Add to cartExplaining how multitudes of North Americans are carrying the pain of all types of loss-not just the deaths of loved ones but also the loss of a spouse through divorce, children who leave home, and the decline of health as they age or get sick-this balanced resource empowers mourners and grief counselors to turn grief into an experience to be learned from. Defining the varieties of heartache and its consequences, this effective guide explores how to inventory, understand, embrace, and reconcile one’s accumulated sorrow through a five-phase “catch-up” mourning process. Readers will learn to use a spiritual and holistic approach to examine and integrate the ignored loss from their pasts, so that they can go on to live fuller, more balanced lives.
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Lingering Grief : Listening For God In The Pain
$14.00Add to cartIn 1993, Smyth & Helwys released the book Learning to Dream Again, by noted pastor, teacher, and writer Charles Bugg. The book told of Bugg’s son David, whose malignant brain tumor sent David and his entire family down a path filled with the pain of medical tests, surgeries, and radiation, as well as the disappointment of dreams which may never be fulfilled. The response to Bugg’s story in Learning to Dream Again was overwhelming. Fourteen years later, Bugg has updated the story in this new book, Lingering Grief. Not only does this new book continue the story of David and his family, but it also considers the stories of countless others who connected to the earlier book and who shared with the author their stories of dealing with the lingering grief of their pain and, indeed, learning to dream again.
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Funeral Services
$14.99Add to cartCircumstances Include:
Miscarriage
Infant Death Due To Mistreatment
Child Death By Drowning
Youth Murder
Youth Suicide
Youth Death From Hazing
Adult Who Dies In Prison
Adult Death Due To Work Accident
Older Adult Who Dies In Nursing Home
Older Adult Who Dies AloneAdditional Info
The pain of loss comes to all ages and life situations. Funeral Services helps pastors prepare for especially difficult funerals. Services are included for infants, children, youth, younger adults, adults, and elderly persons in a wide variety of tragic circumstances.
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Suddenly Your World Falls Apart
$13.49Add to cartSuddenly-Your World Falls Apart-A Guide To Grieving Wellis a personal testimony and practical guide in dealing with life changes when the death of a spouse occurs. Even when there has been a long illness, adjusting to that loss can be hard and seem sudden. Nancy Markworth Brown has written an inspiring book that evolved through her own losses of two husbands’ sudden deaths only five years apart. Nancy has lead a grief support group at her church for eight years and has included a workbook page after each chapter to help participants stay close to God through scripture and meditation questions. This book is for bereaved, support groups, or individuals. It would also be helpful for someone trying to help a friend through a loss, or a minister. What Others Have Said About The Book I sensed a deep and settled trust in God that can only come after tragedy strikes. Gently it says, you can make it. You are not alone. Jonathan Friesen, writer. This is a book to give to anyone you love who is hurting because of a loss. Nancy encourages faith in God without platitudes. She offers hope while still validating the depth of pain that grief can cause. Sharon Hinck, author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BECKY MILLER Compassion is what clearly marked Jesus as He walked on earth. Today He uses gentle healers like Nancy Markworth Brown to touch and heal the brokenhearted. Nancy’s guide to grieving well is a valuable resource for church groups and individuals. Margaret Montreuil, author of GOD IN SANDALS and GOD WITH US.
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When Your Father Dies
$18.99Add to cartFor men, the death of a father is uniquely and deeply traumatic. Veerman and Barton share their own experiences with the deaths of their fathers and also those of more than sixty men, including Max Lucado, Chuck Colson, Hank Hannegraaff, and Bill Hybels. They also include insight and practical advice from professional counselors to prepare readers for the emotional struggles that accompany the death of a father.
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From Mourning To Morning
$12.49Add to cartNo matter what type of loss one may have suffered, know that crying may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5). From Mourning to Morning: Putting on the Garment of Praise is a compilation of inspirational poems that will: * Minister to your spirit and soul * Renew your mind * Release God’s joy back into your life The author invites you to join her journey as she walked the path of mourning the loss of her son to being able to praise the Son. It is the prayer of the author that the poems and devotional scriptures will help others to move from pain to praise. Decree and Declare it is my Morning Time!
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Markings On The Windowsill
$12.99Add to cartMarkings on the Windowsill is a brief book to help persons who are grieving understand that there is some process to grief, though it may be different for every individual who experiences it, and to help the mourner along on the journey, through pain to hopeful fulfillment. Many years ago, author Ron Greer and his wife lost their two-year-old son Eric in a tragic automobile accident. In this book, the author draws on his experiences as a pastoral counselor and as a father to offer help, hope, and healing to people who are grieving.
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God Do You Really Care
$15.99Add to cartYou’re in over your head. The hits just keep coming. Maybe you could handle this if you knew God cared. But right now? Well…you’re not really sure.
Catastrophe, sickness, loss, and other unexpected trials and setbacks can make you doubt the God is good or wants your best. But He is good. And He does care.
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This Incomplete One
$21.99Add to cartUnique! Bush has pulled together an amazing variety of sermons occasioned by the death of a young person, encompassing both historical figures and our contemporaries: Barth, Claypool, Coffin, Edwards, Rutledge, Schleiermacher, and Van Tholen. . . . How to handle a difficult, wrenching situation.
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Long Shadowed Grief
$19.95Add to cartIn the aftermath of suicide, friends and family face a long road of grief and reflection. With a sympathetic eye and a firm hand, Harold Ivan Smith searches for the place of the spirit in the wake of suicide. He asks how one may live a spiritual life as a survivor, and he addresses the way faith is permanently altered by “the residue of stigma” that attaches to suicide.
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Life Everlasting : The Essential Book Of Funeral Resources
$49.95Add to cartThis comprehensive volume is a must-have resource for every pastor. It contains over 100 sample sermons from preachers across the denominational spectrum, plus a vast array of prayers, scripture readings, and other material for planning and conducting meaningful funeral services. A convenient CD with text files for quick tailoring to specific circumstances is also included.
The sermons cover a wide range of topics, including:
* honoring the long and fruitful lives of faithful Christians
* comforting the families and friends of children who left this world too soon
* dealing with troubling questions about God raised by those who have suffered
* offering solace to the loved ones of those who have died suddenly and unexpectedly
* demonstrating how the image of God is present even in difficult and unsavory people
* celebrating a variety of distinctive “characters”
* addressing the difficult issues associated with those who have committed suicide
* witnessing the Christian message of salvation to the unchurchedLife Everlasting is also packed with other valuable resources:
* children’s messages that help young people grasp the meaning of death
* prayers and other liturgical material, including calls to worship and responsive scripture readings
* an extensive selection of scripture texts, each with brief “sermon starter” ideas
* lists of appropriate musical repertoire, including hymns, choral music, instrumental music, and music for soloistsWith all this in one volume, Life Everlasting provides a complete set of practical tools for making funerals powerfully effective moments of ministry that reaffirm the central Christian message of Jesus Christ’s victory over death.
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What Not To Say To Hurting People
$10.99Add to cartAddresses the inadequacies that we all face, each time we find ourselves confronted with the challenge of comfortin someone who has just faced a tragedy. It points out the emptiness in some of the things that we do or say at such times and urges us to take a more thoughtful and realistic approach when comforting hurting people.
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Remember : 100 Readings For Bereavement
$15.99Add to cartEverybody wants a christening, wedding or funeral service to be unique to them and one of the main ways of personalising a ceremony is to choose one’s own readings. Not everyone reads poetry or novels together and many do not know where to start in choosing a special piece. Here, an experienced editor of such books has collected together 100 readings from scripture and literature across the centuries in celebration of a birth, a marriage, a life that has ended. There is humour, tenderness, challenge, wisdom and realism in abundance, offering, quite literally, something for everyone.
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Finding Your Way After The Suicide Of Someone You Love
$18.99Add to cart1. Why? Why? Why?
2. Wandering And Wondering
3. Guilt, The Blight Of Broken Hearts
4. The Wall
5. Depression, The Scourge Of Broken Hearts
6. Preserving Relationships In The Aftermath Of Suicide
7. Suicide Survival In Special Situations
8. After The Suicide Of Your Brother Or Sister
9. Questions That Remain
10. Survival-and Beyond
11. Embracing Your New Normal
Supplemental Chapter: How To Help Survivors Of Suicide
Appendix 1 Depression Self-Check
Appendix 2 Starting Over:Weaving New Dreams Together
Appendix 3 Choosing A Christian Therapist
Suggestions And Guidelines
Notes
Resources And Recommended ReadingAdditional Info
Help and Hope for an Unexpected JourneyDo real Christians commit suicide? Yes, they do. And for those left behind, the journey following such a tragedy is unbearably painful. Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love is a compassionate and practical guide that addresses the intensely personal issues of survivors of suicide (SOS). This gentle and faith-affirming resource helps survivors know what to expect, especially during the first year following a suicide. It includes personal stories of survivors and suggestions on how to move beyond survival to live life again. Designed for use by individuals, couples, and SOS groups, this book offers help for parents, siblings, friends, and extended families, as well as practical guidelines for pastors, Christian counselors, and other church leaders. Topics include:* What to do in the immediate aftermath of a suicide* Handling guilt and understanding the role of depression in suicides * Dealing with questions of faith and meaning * Creating a support system* Choosing a Christian therapist* Trusted resources and websites -
In Touch With God (Reprinted)
$12.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
Let the multitude of my thoughts toward you comfort you and cause your thoughts to turn more and more to me. As you walk close to me you will be able to draw quickly from my strength.
In Touch with God (more than 150,000 copies sold) now with a new cover, leads readers to a relationship with the Creator that will sustain and guide them.
Personal, easy-to-read devotions share the peace and strength of Scripture for daily living. This walk through heartfelt reflections and illustrations reveals the fulfillment that comes from a vibrant faith.
Longtime Christians and those seeking a new understanding of God’s love during difficult times will be renewed by this source of encouragement and inspiration.
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I Need Your Strength Lord
$14.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
When home-management expert and best-selling author Emilie Barnes opened her heart in the devotionals Fill My Cup, Lord (more than 113,000 copies sold) and Help Me Trust You, Lord, readers responded to her message of experiencing God’s healing touch in her life.
Now Emilie writes about the health challenges she has faced in recent years, broken family relationships and the process of healing, and God’s unfailing peace and loving presence in the midst of darkness. As women lift their prayers to the Lord and ask Him to fill them with hope, they will grow in their walk with Him like never before and be able to offer the gift of encouragement to someone who needs it just as much as they do.
Formerly titled A Cup of Hope
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Fitting End : Making The Most Of A Funeral
$24.99Add to cartThis very practical resource offers a well-informed guide to an aspect of ministry that every single priest or minister will encounter. It is one of the most difficult tasks, yet many embark on it with very little theological or practical training. They will encounter a wide range of beliefs about death and the afterlife in today’s secular society, such as can be seen in the death notices of local newspapers – grandma goes to sleep, is reunited with grandpa, becomes an angel or a star in heaven. They need a resource that equips them to deal sensitively and wisely with the variety of demands that will be made of them in the planning and conduct of funerals and in helping the bereaved to understand that resurrection is God’s response to death’s terrible finality.
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Let Me Grieve But Not Forever
$16.99Add to cartThis deeply moving book, gleaned from journals which author Verdell Davis kept during the loss of her husband, offers a source of hope and healing for anyone experiencing grief. With remarkable honesty, courage and generosity, she shares how to examine grief and ultimately find healing in the process.
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When Your World Falls Apart
$19.99Add to cartDrawing on his insightful sermon series, renowned pastor/teacher David Jeremiah shares the comfort and hope of the Psalms and how these truths can guide believers through life’s greatest challenges. He includes inspiring real-life stories of people who have struggled with terminal illness, the loss of a child, or the imprisonment of a spouse. Jeremiah interweaves his own journal entries, revealing his battle with cancer and how the Psalms helped to sustain him during the fight of his life. This book is an invaluable source of help and encouragement for people facing major obstacles in life.
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Gods Comfort : 9 Studies For Individuals Of Groups (Revised)
$12.99Add to cartSuffering has power. It can tear our hearts apart. At the same time it has the positive power to transform us–if we allow ourselves to experience God’s comfort. In these studies you will discover how to meet God in the midst of struggles and receive his strength and grace.
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Experiencing Grief
$5.00Add to cartSooner or later, we all face a dark journey—the passage through grief. Written to encourage anybody who’s recently endured a loss, this brief, powerful book leads readers through five essential stages: shock, rage, despair, release, and finally peace. A thoughtful gift in lieu of a sympathy card.
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Its Okay To Cry
$17.99Add to cartHelp Your Child Heal From Life’s Losses
A favorite toy breaks . . . . A pet dies . . .
It’s Okay to Cry.
Parents divorce and you’re forced to move . . .
It’s Okay to Cry.
A best friend is hurt badly . . . . A grandparent dies . . .
It’s Okay to Cry.
Look through the eyes of a child again. When something unexpected, disappointing, or traumatic occurs, children feel a very real sense of loss. They may respond with fear or with anger. Most likely they are confused. They have questions they want answered. They need help from their parents or others who care to understand and process their grief.
It’s Okay to Cry offers practical help for parents. It explains the symptoms of loss and unresolved grief so that parents can recognize them and walk alongside their children on the path to recovery.
Well-known and respected author H. Norman Wright speaks to parents with sympathy and reassurance. He recognizes that most parents don’t know how to teach their children to process loss, because often they weren’t taught themselves. His sage advice will give you and your child the comfort and hope you seek.
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Why Do Bad Things Happen If God Is Good
$17.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
Believers who need a tonic for their faith, caregivers who support people in pain, and seekers who are wrestling with the philosophical problem of evil will find helpful answers in this encouraging and enlightening discussion.
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Turn My Mourning Into Dancing
$16.99Add to cartIn times of suffering, simplistic answers ring empty and hollow. But Henri Nouwen, beloved spiritual thinker and author, offers real comfort in the concrete truth of God’s constancy. Nouwen suggests that by greeting life’s pains with something other than despair, we can find surprising joy in our suffering. He suggests that the way through suffering is not in denial, but rather in living fully in the midst of the trials life brings our way. Hardcover ISBN 0-8499-1711-5 STATUS:N CPCCATEGORY:CLVCLFGRC
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Grievers Ask : Answers To Questions About Death And Loss
$16.99Add to cartThis book is an invitation to voice and ponder questions about death. How long should it take to get over a death? Where was God when my son died? Is it all right to continue celebrating special days? In his counseling work, Harold Ivan Smith has heard all the questions that occur to grievers as they process their loss. Here he compiles more than 150 common questions, explores the emotions behind them, and provides clear and forthright responses. Whether readers find the answers they seek, new perspectives to ponder, or comfort from knowing that others ask similar questions, this valuable resource will guide both individuals who are in the midst of grief and those who wish to provide comfort.
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Cradled All The While
$13.99Add to cartThis book is a beautifully crafted memoir in which the author recounts the story of her mother’s death from cancer. In the midst of a career and child-rearing, Corse becomes her mother’s primary caregiver, but her story is a spiritual journey that will nurture the faith of people of many religious backgrounds. The themes encountered throughout this book parallel the issues dealt with in practical grieving resources. Here, however, they are played out in the lives of a real family.
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In The Shelter Of His Wings
$9.99Add to cartOne of the most encouraging metaphors for divine love is that of finding shelter under the protection of God’s wings. On every page of this uplifting gift book, the gentle artwork of Carolyn Shores Wright tenderly reminds readers that God cares not only for the birds of the air but so much more for His children. Loving quotations, reassuring Scripture, and calming prose thoughtfully express the message that God longs to show compassion and care, rest and refuge to those who are hurting. A comforting gift for anyone experiencing illness or suffering a recent loss in their lives.
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Fierce Goodbye : Living In The Shadow Of Suicide
$10.99Add to cartWhat does the Bible say on the topic of suicide? What does it not say? G. Lloyd Carr, now professor emeritus of biblical and theological studies at Gordon College, Mass., began to ask these questions after a precious daughter-in-law died by suicide. He embarked on a thorough canvassing of the scriptures and church history on this topic, which helped him on his grief journey.
His poet wife, Gwendolyn C. Carr, who has published poetry in several magazines and is the author of Stars And Songs and Diamonds In A Daisy Field, found solace in writing out her responses and thoughts in moving, sensitive poetry. Their combined efforts in this destinctive book meld the pain and poignancy of the devastating experience of a family member’s suicide with expertise from their respective professions.
This book is first and foremost a penetrating account of a family dealing with suicide, and offers solid guidance for those who worry about the eternal fate of a loved one. It also provides a reliable and readable summary of Christian thinking about suicide, useful for pastors, counselors, students and teachers.
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Path Through Suffering (Reprinted)
$15.99Add to cartMust we stumble through sorrow and tragedy without understanding or is there a lighted way–a path–through suffering? Elisabeth Elliot plots the treacherous passage through pain, grief, and loss a journey most of us will make many times in our life. Through it all, she says, there is only one reliable path, and if you walk it, you will see the transformation of all your losses, heartbreaks, and tragedies into something strong and purposeful. In this powerful moving book, Elisabeth Elliot does not hesitate to ask hard questions, to examine tenderly the hurts we suffer, and to explore boldly the nature of God whose sovereign care for us is so intimate and perfect that he confounds our finite understanding. A Path through Suffering is a book for anyone searching for faith, comfort, and assurance.
