Letters to Grief is a collection of letters I wrote to grief.

I wrote it for you.

For all of you who have known grief as a close companion, an intimate friend. A shadow.

I wrote it for those of you who have not yet experienced its acute pangs, but have watched people cringe with the weight of its burden.

I wrote it not to dictate how people feel or should feel, but to open a discussion about grief’s all-consuming and ever-changing nature. Its paradoxes and its unexpected qualities.

I wrote it for those who have grieving friends and don’t know what it’s like, and for those who wonder when it will pass.
I wrote it because grief is a fickle creature, and often despised. Misunderstood and underestimated. Feared, even.

Some think it can be conquered. Overcome.

I disagree.

From my limited experience, grief is not something that passes, at least not in this lifetime. It’s not something a person can graduate from and walk away, unchanged.

It’s cyclical, like the moon. It waxes and wanes, ever present.

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If we know someone has a tumor on a lung, we can picture it and pray for healing in that lung. If someone breaks a leg, we can imagine the cast, and pray for healing in that bone. Ahhh! What if we could pray that specifically for someone with anxiety, ADHD, resentment, or rage? The purpose of this book is to take you out of the box, to open a new world of praying about one of our least understood parts: our brain.

The study of the brain has exploded in recent decades, as has curiosity about prayer and the brain. Now, learn more about both, transform your life, and those that you pray for. So, these pages are for you whether:

• you have a minute, or
• you have an hour
• you didn't even know you have an amygdala, or
• you are neuroscientist
• you are not even sure how to pray, or
• you have prayed for years

Explore your brain. Expand your prayers.

Mentioned in This Episode

Brain Prayers: Explore Your Brain. Expand Your Prayers | Karen D. Wood
Mount Hermon Vision Writers Conference
Heart Happy | Tricia Goyer

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How can we raise the next generation to have an unshakable faith in God as they navigate the challenging terrain of modern culture?

Offering years of experience and countless success stories, author and parenting expert Lee Ann Mancini says what our children need is a heart change, not just a behavioral change, so that they become effective disciples. In Raising Kids to Follow Christ: Instilling a Lifelong Trust in God, she inspires parents, grandparents, teachers, and others to teach their children essential Christian principles to enable them to navigate the world with grace, integrity, and an unbreakable bond with their heavenly Father.

This book goes beyond surface-level advice, delving into the intricate matters of children’s hearts and minds and offering a blueprint for nurturing a deep and unwavering faith in Christ.

Raising Kids to Follow Christ offers:
• Decades of personal experience and training based on key essential principles in Scripture
• Practical strategies for addressing doubts, fears, and questions that arise in today’s culture
• Ways to help children control their emotions and actions in various situations
• Suggestions from some of today’s brightest Christian minds in children’s spirituality
• Empowerment for parents to become their child’s spiritual champion
• Easy-to-understand apologetics for children and adults
• Fun ways to connect your child’s heart to Christ

Raising Kids to Follow Christ is a collaborative journey inviting parents to learn, grow, and flourish alongside their children as they become bold in their witness and committed to their faith rather than secular culture.

Mentioned in This Episode

Raising Kids to Follow Christ | Lee Ann Mancini
Answers.tv
Raising Christian Kids Podcast
seakids.com
Novel Effect
Psalm 78:6
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
The Grumble Free Year | Tricia Goyer
2 Thessalonians 3:3
Psalm 139:23-24
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

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