Missy Buchanan
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Feeling Your Way Through Grief
$16.99Add to cartNothing can prepare you for the death of a loved one, and nothing is ever the same after. How do you even begin to live after loss?
When author Missy Buchanan lost her beloved husband of 43 years, she was devastated. As she looked for meaningful resources to help her with her grief, Missy found most books too long or heady. So, she decided to process her grief in her own way … by writing personal notes to her husband, unfiltered and straight from her heart.
In this poignant collection of reflections from that first year, Missy opens the window wide onto her personal journey and all the raw emotions that bubbled up from day to day. From family holidays to everyday tasks such as pumping gas or taking out the trash, Missy’s tender notes resonate with the shared experiences of grief, offering a guiding light and true companion for your own journey. Along the way, she also affirms that faith is not lacking when you don’t feel “strong” and that being vulnerable can help support the healing process.
Feeling Your Way Through Grief is an invitation to embrace the complexities of loss, find solace in genuine emotions, and embark on a faithful journey toward healing. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter invite you to explore your own emotions more deeply, gently guiding you along your unwanted journey of grief.
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From Dry Bones To Living Hope
$16.99Add to cartThough the shadow side of aging is a reality, author Missy Buchanan brings spiritual light and nourishment to people in the later years of life. Older adults struggle with chronic pain and diminished physical abilities. They contend with losses that pile up like the dry bones in the prophet Ezekiel’s vision-the loss of loved ones and friends, the loss of their home and belongings, the loss of independence, and the loss of purpose. In a culture that values youth more than age, older adults often feel forgotten and without purpose.
Each chapter of From Dry Bones to Living Hope opens with an intimate, prayerful lament to God from the perspective of the older adult who longs for spiritual renewal and purpose. The authentic voice of lament establishes credibility with older readers who yearn for others to empathize with their struggles. The second part of each chapter, “Cultivating Hope,” guides them to God’s perspective on aging and specific actions they can take that lead to hope and joy.
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Joy Boosters : 120 Ways To Encourage Older Adults
$9.99Add to cartMissy Buchanan is back with another book that will surely be welcomed by families, churches, and others wanting to encourage older adults. Her passion and sensitivity to the needs of elderly persons shine through in this practical volume packed with simple, creative ways to increase the joy of older adults.
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Aging Faithfully
$7.99Add to cart1. Accepting The Challenges Of Aging
2. Finding God’s Purpose In Aging
3. Overcoming The Temptations Of Aging
4. Discovering The Joy Of AgingAdditional Info
Old age isn’t a punishment – it’s a gift from God, Missy Buchanan says in Aging Faithfully. She believes it’s all a matter of how people choose to view aging. If they focus on negative images of growing old, they will likely miss the treasures right in front of them. But if they fix their eyes on God, they will discover the abiding joy that can accompany a long life.This book is divided into four weeks, each with a particular theme:
1. Accepting the challenges of aging
2. Finding God’s purpose in aging
3. Overcoming the temptations of aging
4. Discovering the joy of agingEach daily reading supports the weekly theme with a scripture passage, meditation, prayer and suggestions for deeper thought or practical application. Sunday of each week offers the reader a time to celebrate the culmination of the week’s readings.
Reflection questions at the back of the book may be used for small-group discussion or as another opportunity for individuals to explore the topics more fully.
Readers who take time to complete these 28 days of prayer will discover how to age both joyfully and faithfully. Aging Faithfully may be just the resource some persons need to see aging as a positive experience instead of fearing it.
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Living With Purpose In A Worn Out Body (Large Type)
$11.99Add to cartBuchanan fosters empathy for and expresses the deepest concerns of the frail elderly without tap-dancing around the tough issues. Forty-two short, comforting devotionals offer much-needed spiritual encouragement to the once-vibrant who now cope with daily limitations and failing health.
The devotions are written in the first person, allowing readers to speak directly to God about the pills they take, the walkers they need to be mobile, the ambulances that take away their friends. Supporting scriptures from the New Testament and Psalms are included with each meditation. Buchanan writes to the experiences of lifelong Christians as well as elderly non-believers who are thinking anew about God.
