Grief and Consolation
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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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Mourners Comforter : Isaiah 61 Explained
$11.95Add to cartThe Mourner’s Comforter, new edition of Spurgeon’s Shilling Series, Volume 4, first published in 1875. From the time of Spurgeon this was not reprinted until 1975 when a rare copy was found in the library of an American brother. “Heavy heart, this book is meant for you. He who sends forth this volume knows the heart of a mourner by a kindred experience, and is most anxious to be a ‘son of consolation’ to the sorrowing. This little volume is meant to scare the night raven, of which Milton tells us that it sits ‘where brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings.’ Most men know it as Religious Melancholy, but we call it by the older and more scriptural name of Mourning in Zion” (C.H. Spurgeon). Seven discourses on Isaiah 61:1-3.
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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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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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Ministering To The Mourning
$15.99Add to cartMinistering to the grief of those left behind following the death of a loved one is never an easy task. Our world is growing more complicated, teh challenges are becoming greater, and the situations people face, more intense. This comprehensive resource provides pastors and church leaders of all levels of experience with insightful and practical advice for dealing with grief process and learn to recognize the sings of both healthy and unhealthy grief. Full of scriptural insight and wisdom, here is a competent guide for pastors and lay leaders, chaplains and funeral directors, hospice workers and emergency responders alike…anyone called on to comfort those who mourn.
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Roses In December
$13.99Add to cartUsed for years by individuals, grief counselors, and support groups, Roses in December has helped readers understand the grieving process, support family members, give insight into sibling grief, and maintain their marriages during difficult times. This newly revised edition offers the same compassion and encouragement plus chapters on losing loved ones under special circumstances, such as suicide and AIDS.
With deep empathy, Marilyn helps those who are grieving find God’s comfort. Having lost three sons, she knows the tremendous sorrows and struggles that come with the death of loved ones. Yet she shares how even in the winters of our lives God provides roses-special occasions, special people, and special memories-to give us strength and draw close to Him
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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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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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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
$12.99Add 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)
$12.00Add 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
$3.99Add 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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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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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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When God Became Apparent
$16.49Add to cartWhen a parent dies during a child’s growing-up years, the change is monumental. An alternate shaping of life and self begins; an influence is lost; the creation of memories is halted. Living with the loss from that point on means living a new way of life. Life is so significantly shaped by the loss that other forces often pale by comparison. The reader will often be moved to tears by the heartfelt insights of adults who experienced the early death of a parent-a parent that cannot be present at graduations, weddings, births, and everyday conversations-a parent that is not available to give advice or be a grandparent. Woven throughout this very personal book are Dr. Darren Daugherty’s own insights from the early loss of his father and the recognition of God’s grace. Darren’s book will help readers to understand this loss and those who live with it. It also offers hope to anyone connected to the early loss of a parent. Included at the end of each chapter are suggestions for surviving parents who desire to help their children through the loss.
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God Will Make A Way
$12.99Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
Brutal double murder . . . the loss of a best friend-these are the tragedies that compelled Rush to write this compassionate book of healing. In God Will Make a Way, Rush tells his own story and the stories of others who were dealt devastating blows but trusted an unseen God to lead them on an uncharted course to the comfort and assurance they so desperately sought.
Divorce, death, disease, and broken dreams-people everywhere are searching for answers that mend and heal. This book is a hand that grasps yours and leads you to that healing.
The sections of the book move from “Heartbreak” to “Hope,” “Pain’s Joys,” “God’s Prescription for Pain,” and finally to “Victory.” For anyone who needs practical help in surviving crisis and pain-this is the book!
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Clothed In Nothingness
$19.00Add to cartWhere is God when one suffers? How may one be consoled? How do people understand their religious beliefs in relation to suffering? When they encounter genuine travail, do their religious convictions come into play? How are they modified or asserted? Leonard Hummel takes three of the most important insights of the Reformation–the doctrine of justification, the theology of the Cross, and the priesthood of believers–to see how they have been reappropriated by Christians in contemporary pastoral settings. He examines the theology of consolation as formulated in the early Lutheran tradition and as practiced by Lutherans. He describes the “religious coping” of six believers who have suffered personal or social ills and how their capacity to cope was enhanced or affected by their belief. These vivid case studies are then used to illuminate how pastoral theology and caregivers might bring traditional theological beliefs into a distinctive “lived theology.”
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Heart Of A Mother And The Hand Of God
$13.49Add to cartThis is the heart-wrenching story of a woman’s journey through life, beginning with her loving but painful childhood. It then tells of a young love that ended sadly, but with three beautiful little girls. It continues with the most devastating loss a mother could ever endure. Finally, it describes a true and lasting love and a deep peace within, found only through an everlasting and abiding faith in God.
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Caitys Touch : A Story Of Alpers Disease
$13.49Add to cartFew things in life are as devastating as the death of a child. How does one deal with such crushing disappointment after the long-anticipated birth? How does one deal with the frustration and helplessness of not being able to change the situation or comfort the child? Where does one find answers, find solace, and find peace in the crushing reality of death? This book will show you how one family dealt with these issues. You will see that life goes on. It is possible to find joy and peace in your world again. And although the pain will never be erased completely, it doesn’t have to confine you to a life of grief. This book is about hope.
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Jesus Heals The Brokenhearted
$24.99Add to cartThe author and her husband often visited their international relatives to share the good news of how the Lord Jesus Christ blessed their family in a special way. Then, like a lightning bolt, the news struck them of the tragic death of their son, David. He was in the prime of his life and the father of a young family. Why? Why would their loving God do this to them? The comforting answers came from the well-used Bible that David, “The Man with the Round Bible,” left behind: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. (2 Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV) In the writer’s family, David was the first in the race to reach the finish line. His joyful faith in God provides them with encouragement to follow on, looking forward to that Day, the day of the Lord’s appearing.
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If I Could
$14.99Add to cartIf I Could… is a compilation of biblical scripture taken from the King James Version of God’s Word and poetry by Paul McCutcheon. Even if you don’t agree with the interpretation of God’s Word, the poetry is very inspiring. Through the power of technology, Paul’s poems have helped show others they are not alone in their grief. Paul uniquely combines the Word of God with his poetry, taking a person through the steps leading to salvation and the gift of comfort that God offers to all who grieve the loss of a loved one. Paul continues his journey through grief from the death of his three sons with a deep desire to help others learn how to cope with their grief. He knows that a person in grief from the loss of a child cannot “just get on with their life,” yet he does know they can learn to cope with their grief. Paul’s book also offers a list of organizations dedicated to helping those who face a life of pain brought on by the death of a loved one.
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Voices : Meditations For Caregivers
$15.49Add to cartMeditations for Caregivers is an exchange of the turbulent, humorous, and healing conversations of real people. These conversations have a monumental impact on how we transcend grief and move toward healing. There are spaces provided in this book just for you. Use them as you like.Jot down a favorite memory, an unpleasant experience, a fear, or an angry moment. Be my co-author and give ‘voice’ to your own feelings and stories. Together, we can heal and find hope in these sacred moments of caring for each other.
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Refuge From The Storm
$15.99Add to cartHow did an Iowa boy meet and marry a North Carolina girl? More importantly, how did this boy come to meet and accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior? It was the providential hand of God that brought Doug and Ann together. Doug met Ann while stationed in North Carolina. After they were married, he went to UNC, graduating in 1960 with a B.S. in science teaching. They moved to Berea, Ohio, and while Doug taught, he earned an M.S. at Western Reserve University in 1963. Then tragedy struck in 1993 when Ann was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She was slowly taken away from Doug by this insidious disease. This is the story of that long goodbye and the sharing of their hope in Christ.
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Grieving The Death Of A Pet
$13.99Add to cartBecause our relationships with our animal companions are unlike human relationships, the death of a pet is like no other loss that we will experience. In this book, Betty J. Carmack draws on the wisdom of Ecclesiastes, her own experience, and interviews with dozens of pet lovers to guide the reader through the initial loss of a pet to the dawning of new hope and reassurance.
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Grief Sanctified : Through Sorrow To Eternal Hope
$20.00Add to cartThis is a book for Christian people about six of life’s realities – love, faith, death, grief, hope, and patience. Centrally, it is about grief. The author guides you in comparing and contrasting the world’s and the Bible’s ideals on coping with these tides of life. The powerful combination of Packer’s insights and Baxter’s grief gives you a beacon if you are searching for God, a pathfinder for your relationships, and a lifeline if you are grieving.
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Helping Children Grieve (Revised)
$14.99Add to cartThis straightforward book helps adults talk to children in meaningful ways, nurturing their faith and building their emotional strength during a time of crisis. The author explains common reactions (emotional, physical, and behavioral) parents can expect from children of all ages, and offers adults the spiritual tools they need to help children cope with a significant loss.
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Healing Grief : Walking With Your Friend Through Loss
$9.99Add to cart1. The First Day
2. The Second Day
3. The Visitation
4. The Funeral
5. Changes
6. The Second Year
7. AdjustmentAdditional Info
Many of us feel awkward and hesitant when talking to a recently bereaved person. We don’t want to say or do the wrong thing. A Healing Grief responds to this problem. Author Sara Wengerd had years of experience with death through work as a hospice nurse and care the for the elderly. Then it happened to her. Beginning with the moment that she heard the news of her husband’s accident, through the first day, the funeral, and the next two years, Wengerd illuminates the grieving process with heartfelt and surprising candor. Practical advice and suggestions at the end of each chapter make this book the perfect gift for the grieving person or a guide for the one who is walking with a friend through loss. -
Where Is God When It Hurts (Anniversary)
$19.99Add to cart“If there is a loving God, then why…?” No matter how the question is completed, at its root lies the issue of pain. Does God order suffering? Or did he simply wind up the world’s mainspring and now is watching from a distance? In this Gold Medallion Award-winning book, Philip Yancey reveals a God who is neither capricious nor unconcerned. Using examples from the Bible and from his own experiences, Yancey looks at pain–physical, emotional, and spiritual–and helps us understand why we suffer.
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Faith Under Fire
$16.95Add to cartDaniel Simundson shows how the Bible can speak to the universal human experience of suffering. He examines various biblical responses to suffering and explains what the New Testament can add to the thought of such classic works as the books of Job, Ecclesiastes, and the prophets.
This book, written for the general reader, is full of wisdom also for caregivers, including clergy, counselors, and laypersons.
Contents:
1.The Basic Biblical View of Suffering
2.The Power of Negative Thinking
3.Suffering for Others
4.God, Job, and the Counselors
5.Is There Any Hope?
6.What Is New in the New Testament?
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How To Stop The Pain
$16.99Add to cartWe all experience pain! Every day millions of people live in a world of heartache. We’re forced to smile and pretend that everything is all right. You’ve been wounded, and you just can’t seem to heal. You try to get on with your life, but you just can’t move on. You forgive, but you can’t forget! Every day exhumes the pain you try to bury. It cripples your relationships with people, God, and life itself. It destroys your ability to pursue your dreams. This paradigm-shattering book will free you from the forces that would turn you into a victim. It will lead you step-by-step through a simple process that will free you from the pain of the past and protect you from the pain of the future. Discover the emotional freedom that everyone wants but few experience!
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Matters Of Life And Death
$15.00Add to cartPlenty of books explore the emotions of coping with grief and a loved one’s death. But as psychologist Carol Wogrin has observed, there is little advice for those at a loss for words witnessing the process of dying. Matters of Life and Death discusses the importance of communicating with the terminally ill both through talking and nonverbal expression and offers suggestions for what to say to offer comfort, both emotional and physical.
Brimming with constructive advice for opening up, Matters of Life and Death helps allay the fears that often silence friends and relatives in the face of death. Helping readers manage their fears-the fear of saying the wrong thing, of upsetting others, of facing overwhelming feelings-this book is a beautiful prescription for conveying a heartfelt message when it matters the most.
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When Your Parent Dies
$6.99Add to cartAnticipated or sudden, the death of a parent is a life-changing loss for surviving children and family members. When Your Parent Dies is a brief, focused, and compassionate book that guides adults through the first days and weeks of bereavement. Drawing on his own grief experience, author Ron Klug shows how the resources of faith, family, and community can help a grieving person move forward in life to find hope and healing.
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When Your Child Loses A Loved One
$6.99Add to cartDeath is hard enough for adults to accept. For children, the experience of loss can be overwhelming. In this concise, practical guide, grief counselor Huntley offers principles for helping children of all ages understand death, work through predictable “tasks of grieving,” and take steps toward healing and acceptance.
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When Your Child Dies
$6.99Add to cartThe death of a child is the worst loss parents can experience. In When Your Child Dies, author and grief counselor Theresa Huntley offers grieving parents honest, practical guidance. Her insights into the grief process, the tasks of mourning, and the ways people grieve will help parents come to understand, accept, and live with their loss.
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In The Presence Of Grief
$89.00Add to cartIlluminating the impact of loss and grief on our psychological and emotional lives, this book provides vital guidance to ease painful transitions and facilitate healing. The author emphasizes that dealing with the death of a loved one involves more than picking up the pieces and moving on: rather, healing is an ongoing journey on which grief is a constant companion. For those in a supportive role, the focus is on helping the bereaved to navigate the grieving process and, ultimately, to reclaim joy as well as sadness as an integral part of life. Filled with personal narratives and examples, the book demonstrates effective ways to help survivors cope with commonly experienced issues, problems, and concerns.
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Message Of Job
$16.95Add to cartThe book of Job proves that bad things do happen to good people, and the timeless question it raises is, Why? How can we hold to the justice and goodness of God in the face of undeserved tragedy? What is more, this great Old Testament book shows how condescending and superficial the attempts to comfort someone who is suffering can be.
Drawing on his background as pastor, hospital chaplain, and seminary professor, Daniel Simundson combines theological and pastoral concerns throughout his thematic survey of the trend of thought in the book of Job. The result is a useful resource for caregivers, general readers, study groups, and biblical classes.
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Solitary Sorrow : Finding Healing And Wholeness After Abortion
$14.99Add to cartDespite the growing frequency of abortions, most women feel intensely isolated, guilty, and angry afterward. Co-authored by a family therapist and a physician, this book addresses the questions women have about Post-Abortion Syndrome and how to deal with feelings of loss, guilt, and anger. The Reissers have counseled hundreds of post-abortion women.
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Dont Take My Grief Away
$14.95Add to cart1. Where Do I Begin?
2. Choices
3. What About A Minister?
4. Should I Go See The Body?
5. What Do Flowers Mean?
6. The Children
7. The Family Time
8. Make It Personal
9. What Happens When Someone Dies?
10. Why?
11. If Only!
12. Don’t Take My Grief Away From Me
13. The Stages Of Grief
14. Feeling Bad Because You Feel Bad
15. The Search For Appropriate Behavior
16. The Search For Appropriate Friends
17. The Search For Appropriate Reactions
18. Do You Want To Get Well?
19. Saying Good- Bye And Saying Hello
20. Purpose P. 126Additional Info
Gently, with warm consoling and practical guidance Doug Manning addresses the painful, often disorienting aftermath of the death of a loved one, helping the bereaved cope with the emotions and confront the decisions that are an inevitable part of this time of radical life adjustment.Beginning with the premise that “grief is not an enemy, it is a friend. It is the natural process of walking through the hurt and growing through the walk.” Manning helps readers face up to grief, move through it, and learn to live again.
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Beyond Silence And Denial
$38.00Add to cartIn the past two decades, most of the literature on death and dying has been written from the perspective of psychology or New Age spirituality. This comparative silence on the part of Christian writers has meant that a renewed awareness of the “naturalness” of death has not brought with it a deepened appreciation of the place of death in biblical faith. Bregman re-connects these strands of thought by bringing a biblically informed mode of spiritual refection into conversation with the current literature on grieving, loss, and suffering.
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Psalms Of Lament (Large Type)
$20.00Add to cartIf you’ve ever mourned the loss of a loved one, you can identify fully with Christian poet Weems’s poignant verses concerning her grief and anguish over her own son’s death. Like the Hebrew psalmist, she manifests a variety of emotions as she bares her soul before God. Would make an appropriate gift for someone who suffers.
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When A Baby Dies
$9.99Add to cart“Is my baby with God now?” What does the Bible say to such a question? What hope does it offer parents grieving the loss of a precious child? The answers are merciful. However, the implications are not simple. Is God a Universalist? Is there salvation after death? What is the role of infant baptism? And what about the doctrine of depravity? If a baby is born into sin, then what? What happens to the unborn — to the miscarried and the aborted? For pastors looking for biblical grounds to offer comfort and assurance, and for parents seeking solace for their grief, When a Baby Dies offers insights that are rich in hope and grounded solidly in Scripture.
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When Faith Is Tested
$17.99Add to cartWhen a religious caregiver visits a person who is suffering and dying or who is grieving a tragic death, questions arise concerning faith in God’s goodness and power.This book deals with the pastor’s preparation to deal with personal and cosmic issues of suffering and justice. Zurheide includes suggestions for conducting conversations with the dying.
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Grief Transition And Loss
$17.99Add to cartIn Grief, Transition, and Loss, author Wayne Oates calls Christian caregivers to the task of attending to people facing moments of emergency and crisis. Throughout the book Oates draws on his own experiences of loss, and his extensive work with grieving people to build a theological and biblical understanding of the ways in which people encounter challenging times. The book covers a variety of losses–illness, death, separation and divorce, and even a range of work related issues–with sensitivity and grace, and equips caregivers with the tools needed to respond in helpful and lifegiving ways.
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5 Cries Of Grief
$12.99Add to cartOn August 12, 1986 twenty five year old David Strommen was struck and killed by a bolt of lightning. The tradedy sent his parent reeling with grief. Out of that grief came a journey toward healing; a journey that is chronicled in this extraordinry book. The Strommens encountered five cries of grief: The cry of pain from the awareness of their devastating loss; the cry of longing, from missing their son; the cry for supportive love, from the extreme sense of vulnerability they experienced; the cry for understanding, as they tried to attribute meaning to a meaningless loss; and the cry for significance, as they strove to see some good result from this tragedy. As they wrote accounts of their journey, they recognized that the grief of a father may differ significantly from that of a mother. Their stories, voiced in alternating chapters launch a journey that can provide strength, insight, and renewal for all who experience the heartbreak of a loved one’s death.
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Surviving The Death Of A Child
$20.00Add to cartSurviving the Death of a Child is about enduring and surviving the most painful of all loses: the death of one’s child. This is the story of a journey from grief to healing. But more, it is a story of faith and love told so that others may find comfort and understanding when faced with this most devasting loss.
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When Grief Breaks Your Heart
$7.99Add to cart1. Healing Where It Hurts
2. When Someone You Love Dies
3. Bouncing Back From A Broken Heart
4. Why Do Good People Suffer?
5. Amazing GraceAdditional Info
Grief is a natural part of life, yet no one is ever completely prepared to deal with it. The experiences of heartache, pain, disappointment, and loss can leave even the strongest of us devastated and searching for an anchor, for shelter from these storms of life.WHEN GRIEF BREAKS YOUR HEART explores how our faith can help us through these difficult times. Stories from the lives of everyday people illustrate how we can find the comfort and healing that come only from God. James W. Moore shows that it is God’s loving grace that holds us up and sustains us. With God, we can find peace and strength in our time of grief and begin to heal.
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On Grieving The Death Of A Father
$14.99Add to cartContents
140 Pages In 5 Parts
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In On Grieving the Death of a Father, the author has woven into one resource book, glimpses of his personal recollections of his father’s lie, plus recollections of others who have experienced the death of a father. -
Andrew You Died Too Soon
$14.00Add to cartContents
43 Chapters
Total Pages 138Additional Info
Grieving parents will find this forthright documentary written by a loving mother in deep grief to be more than just supportive – it glows with spiritual insights. Corinne Chilstrom has opened her heart, mind, and spirit to all people who are struggling with seemingly unendurable grief. At the same time challenging and comforting, Chilstroms’s book speaks to Christians who want to know what to do in the face of sudden tragedy. This is a book for us as we learn to grieve, for all of us as we learn to live. -
When Life Is Changed Forever
$13.99Add to cartWhen Life Is Changed Forever empathetically comforts the agony of empty arms and the raging of the soul in the aftermath of a loved one’s death as few books ever have. Within these helpful pages the author skillfully offers the sure hope that life can be lived fully again…while facing the truth that it can never be the same.
Here is an honest journey into the depths of God’s love for all those who have experienced the complicated and often conflicting emotions brought about by the death of someone near.
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Finding The Right Words
$14.00Add to cartWhat do you say to someone who is facing a death in the family, a divorce, the loss of a job, or a life threatening illness? In this helpful book Wilfred Bockelman gives practical suggestions for offering care and comfort. He discusses many common situations and provides guidelines for using Scripture and sharing your faith as you reach out to others.
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When Someone You Love Dies (Revised)
$7.99Add to cartSensitive, insightful, and ultimately healing, this simple booklet holds out hope for children who are dealing with grief. It explains why people die, why friends and relatives act strange, why it hurts so much, what happens to us after death, and more.
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All Our Losses All Our Griefs
$27.00Add to cartGrief as a lifelong human experience is the scope of this absorbing book. Kenneth R. Mitchell and Herbert Anderson explore the multiple dimensions of the problem, including origins of grief, loss throughout life, dynamics of grief, care for those who grieve, and the theology of grieving. This examination of the process of grief is enriched by vivid illustrations and case histories of individuals whose experiences the authors have shared.
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Step Further : Growing Closer To God Through Hurt And Hardship
$18.99Add to cart1. We’re In This Together
2. Body Building
3. I Wouldn’t Do This For Just Anybody!
4. Unlikely Saints!
5. God’s Showcase
6. When Nobody’s Watching
7. Breaks Us And Makes Us
8. Trust And Obey
9. Don’t Compare. . .Share!
10. While We Wait
11. I Wish I Were Healed
12. Why Wasn’t I Healed?
13. Satan Schemes. . .God Redeems
14. Prayers And Promises
15. Let God Be God
16. Heaven
195 PagesAdditional Info
Joni Eareckson Tada is one of today’s great Christian women, and “A Step Further,” which grew out of her own pilgrimage as a disabled person, is one of the great Christian books of our time. Written in the simple, friendly, exuberant, down-to-earth style that is special to Joni, it is a tremendous tonic for Christians living in pain and frustration, and it unfolds some neglected aspects of the wisdom of God superbly. This is heart-to-heart writing at its best.We have all waded through the verbal swamp of syrupy cliches as some sufferers overspiritualize their pain. We have also felt the hot breath of bitterness from those who refuse to accept and adjust to their disability. Joni represents neither extreme. In her book there is a beautiful balance between tough-minded reality and scripturally based theology.
Through her public example, Joni Eareckson Tada has done more to straighten out warped views of suffering than all of the theologians put together. Her life is a triumph of healing-a healing of the spirit, the most difficult kind. When she speaks about the problem of pain, we should all sit up and take notice.”
