Author: Gary Kinnaman Publisher: Vine Books ISBN: 9780830734641 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
No one can pass through life without being touched by death. This book is for all those who are grieving and who are helping others through their grief. Pastors, counselors, friends, and you, yourself, will find comfort for your darkest hours.
Author: Trevy Thomas Publisher: Bookbaby ISBN: 9781543964837 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Companion in Grief is a guide for those experiencing the painful grief that follows the loss of a loved one. There is a message for each day of the year offering support in three areas: practical tips for managing profound feelings, spiritual thoughts that arise in grief, and inspiration for reaching the inevitable light at the end of the tunnel. Get the help you need from someone who's been through the painful experience of grief.
Author: Carolyn Rhea Publisher: New Hope Publishers (AL) ISBN: 9781563097485 Category : Bereavement Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This book contains devotional thoughts and corresponding Scriptures for people who long for God's comforting presence as they deal with the storm of grief that follows the loss of a loved one.
Author: Granger E. Westberg Publisher: Fortress Press ISBN: 1506469558 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
This timeless classic, in large-print format, is accessible and comforting for all who are grieving. For fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers, including NFL players and a former first lady, find comfort and rediscover hope after loss. The large-print edition of this classic text features a foreword by one of the nation's leading communicators of medical health care information and an afterword by the author's daughters that shares how the book came to be. Good Grief offers valuable insights on the emotional and physical responses we all may experience during the natural process of grieving. The book identifies ten stages of grief--shock, emotion, depression, physical distress, panic, guilt, anger, resistance, hope, and acceptance--but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, shows there is no "right" way to grieve. This large-print edition makes this bestseller more accessible to all. Whether one is mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or other difficult life changes, Good Grief is a proven steady companion in times of loss.
Author: Lorraine Peterson Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986342025 Category : Languages : en Pages : 74
Book Description
A daily devotional to guide the reader through the difficult experiences and feelings after losing a loved one. To be alone in sorrow is not all bad. We need time alone for life to re-sort itself. But a companion in grief is helpful, especially when speaking from personal experience and with sound, practical wisdom and comfort of God's Word. This little book offers a healthy, self-directed path to understanding God's will for us in our grief.
Author: Greta Smith Publisher: Abingdon Press ISBN: 1501871315 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 105
Book Description
The Out of the Depths series addresses common pastoral crises in a faithful, encouraging, and factual manner that provides support to parishioners in crisis beyond the initial pastoral conversation. These inexpensive 64-page booklets can be given out to parishioners when they bring their recent diagnosis, crisis, or trauma to the pastor as a way to continue to provide care throughout the difficult season. Each booklet begins with a thoughtful consideration of the topic at hand, which is followed up by 30 brief devotions. These devotions are designed to be manageable in an overwhelming time, encouraging, and honest. The Out of the Depths booklets are essential care resources to be given out by pastors, Stephen Ministers, and congregational care teams. Key features: Written by metal health professionals and pastors to help the reader process their trauma both psychologically and theologically. Includes accessible material describing the dynamics of the crisis situation and typical reactions, which provides the reader with a sense of grounding and direction through increased knowledge. The thirty short devotions creates a sense of companionship and hope in a difficult and lonely time.
Author: Alan D. Wolfelt Publisher: Companion Press ISBN: 1879651351 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners might have. Questions of spirituality and religion are addressed as well. The rights of mourners to be compassionate with themselves, to lean on others for help, and to trust in their ability to heal are upheld. Journaling sections encourage mourners to articulate their unique thoughts and feelings.
Author: Sasha Bates Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1529343615 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
'This is a book that takes you by the hand and promises the gentlest comfort in the darkest of times.' Tamsin Greig A Grief Companion offers us practical help to use alongside the theory of Sasha Bate's debut book, Languages of Loss. This guide gives us the starting points to begin our journeys of managing grief, providing us with space and pages to explore and process our feelings with Sasha's expert guidance. Sasha offers some optimism to let you know that you will find light and courage from out of this darkness, and you will be transformed by it. Your grief will not leave you, but you will arrange yourself around it differently. Split in to four sections, that can be read in any order - Mind, Body, Spirit and Everyday - this book explores the non-linear grief that you may be feeling and gives you permission to do your grief, your way. Filled with suggestions, resources, advice for friends of the bereaved and a guiding hand, we hope this book will help you see some light in the darkness of grief. 'Explaining how the mind and body work together, A Grief Companion offers insights into the process of grieving. The writing is energetic, down-to-earth and honest as Sasha Bates helps readers cope with the many layers and levels of grief. A useful as well as a moving book.' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of A Manual for Heartache
Author: Alan D. Wolfelt Publisher: Companion Press ISBN: 1617220973 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 60
Book Description
This spiritual companion for mourners affirms their need to mourn and invites them to journey through their very unique and personal grief. Detailed are the six needs that all mourners must yield to and eventually embrace if they are to go on to find continued meaning in life and living, including the need to remember the deceased loved one and the need for support from others. Short explanations of each mourning need are followed by brief, spiritual passages that, when read slowly and reflectively, help mourners work through their unique thoughts and feelings. Also included in this revised edition are journaling sections for mourners to write out their personal responses to each of the six needs. This replaces 1879651114.
Author: Kim Langley Publisher: Paraclete Press ISBN: 1640603174 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 177
Book Description
Langley offers comfort and encouragement to those struggling with recent loss or grief, helping them find language for complex emotions, and open their hearts through poetry. Send My Roots Rain is a companion full of stories—sometimes wry and funny, always observant and accepting—for letting grief unfold and teach us. Langley invites a keen awareness that the passage through grief is the navigation of a narrow strait, requiring patience, skill, and worthy companions. These poems can be those companions on the journey. Langley has carefully selected 60 poems and arranged them in a meaningful arc, beginning with the shock of early grief, leading through a sensitive exploration of a new inner space. She introduces each section, encouraging the ongoing embrace of the healing power of poems, writing, and entry into the grieving process. Each poem is followed by a brief meditation and quotation, with questions for contemplation, journaling, or group discussion.
Author: Gary Kinnaman
Author: Trevy Thomas
Author: Carolyn Rhea
Author: Granger E. Westberg
Author: Lorraine Peterson
Author: Greta Smith
Author: Alan D. Wolfelt
Author: Sasha Bates
Author: Alan D. Wolfelt
Author: Kim Langley