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Grief can often feel like a gnawing homesickness for a place where you used to live, but to which you can never return. Richard Littledale has written a series of short, candid thoughts and reflections from his own experience of widowhood that will resonate and bring comfort and understanding to anyone experiencing bereavement.

Author Kim Goodman shares her heart after the most consuming grief she ever had to face - the loss of her oldest son after he ended his life at the young age of 22. She takes us on her journey of the devastating loss that could have threatened to consume her like a tsunami. She shares how we each process our loss in different ways. She teaches us how we can glean from each other and gain insights that help through the process of grief to emerge whole.

In this book, I share my heartrending journey from pain to purpose. It is my prayer that the words scribed on each page inspire you to keep pushing forward. Allow God to again fill the space in your heart that is empty and void. Be assured that the Lord can, and will, comfort you and know that even in death, Love Remains.

Out of the immense moral darkness of the Judges period comes a story of romance, redemption, and hope. The tale of Ruth has inspired countless generations. But Ruth isn't the star in this romantic drama; center stage belongs to God and his providence. Naomi and Ruth traveled the Bethlehem road - one of famine, abandonment, grief, and loss - unaware that the Lord had gone before them to redeem their heartache.

"Write that book. Love God and Isabelle." Amy Lyon took her orders seriously, and in this transformative memoir, the author takes listeners on a gut-level journey as she shuffles (less than perfectly) through postpartum depression, the tragedy of losing an infant, and intense anger toward God - all while asking the question that plagues so many of us: What on earth am I here for? In time, she proves that - buried beneath the thick layers of sorrow - hope and joy can exist...even if you refuse to believe.

Is your heart broken with grief? Do you feel alone, lonely, and fearful of the future? If you lost a loved one, your life has taken a different path than what you expected, and you may wonder where God is. How do you cope? How do you live the new normal when you don’t want it? You want your loved one back. Yvonne Ortega writes from both her personal and clinical experiences with a solid foundation in God’s Word. In Yvonne, you have a new friend, who will walk alongside you and guide you to the healing balm of comfort, hope, and peace.

In Comforting Those Who Mourn: Global Stories from the Strange Land of Grief, Rev. Dr. Dale Alan Young offers inspiring tales of strength and resilience in the midst of tragedy. Drawing on his experiences leading workshops for grieving communities worldwide, Dr. Young shares powerful stories of those who have lost loved ones to natural disasters, violence, and illness.

Have you ever found yourself tongue-tied in the presence of someone who has just buried a loved one or experienced some other loss? What do we say? What should we not say? How do we best care for children who face sadness or heartache? What can we expect of ourselves - or others - when we are grieving? Where is God to be found in the midst of a world filled with so much pain and loss? What difference does it make to pray? No One Cries the Wrong Way offers some glimpses into these great questions.

Loss brings with it many layers of grief that need to be addressed. Healing from losses requires more than just talking about our pain; it involves working through the twists and turns of conflicting emotions and confronting questions that often have no satisfactory answers. It is reassembling the pieces of life that have been shattered by assumptions and expectations in order to create a new beginning. Within the process we begin to heal and recover. But as we close one chapter of life, we need tools and information to begin a new chapter.

Persecution is what one receives for loving the Lord and for serving him as he ought to be served. Persecution is a must for all who are true to the Lord. There is no way by which they can run away from it and remain true to their Lord.

How does someone overcome a broken heart? Wilma Derksen found out because of the years of heartbreak over the death of her 14-year-old daughter. She found 15 powerful principles of “letting go” which can free you of your smallest, and largest, losses.

This journal contains 52 weeks, a whole year’s worth of prompts, questions, and verses to encourage critical thinking and recovery through your grief.

Self-Surrender shows how a theology emerges out of the Rhineland-Flemish spirituality of (Rhineland mystics) Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler, Henry Suso, the Frankfurt Priest, and John Ruusbroec that shines life-giving light on the mystery of suffering. From the books and sermons of these pastors, Bjorkman developed Ten Ways to Suffer Well in Union with God: surrender, pray, yield, imitate, co-suffer, participate, love, accept, empathize, and unite, which flesh out the meaning and significance of suffering in new and edifying ways.

Once you have lived inside the world of grief, you are never the same. Your heart beats differently, and your tears flow more often. Your love increases for your circle of people. You learn the sacredness of holding space for grief and the impact it has on you physically, spiritually, and emotionally. To ignore grief is a dangerous act. If you pretend it doesn’t exist, grief will take your mind, body, and soul to places you don’t want to go. I humbly pray that this little book will serve you in some way as you walk this path of grief or hold hands with those who are brokenhearted.

My Grieving Hand is a brief exploration into how to provide some comfort and perspective when someone close to you suddenly experiences the loss of a loved one. I found myself not knowing how to provide comfort and understanding to friends who suddenly and unexpectedly lost their child. I did not know what to say or do to ease their pain . . . or mine.

A bright light was extinguished in the universe on January 13, 2004, when 21-year old Rebekah Swanson, a college senior, died in a car accident. In More Than Can Be Measured, author Rona Swanson, Rebekah’s mother, shares her thoughts, feelings, and emotions as she and the family deal with their grief in the aftermath of Rebekah’s sudden death. Weaving in entries from Rebekah’s journal and photos, this memoir shares the wisdom and understanding Swanson gained as she felt the stark pain of the loss of her daughter.

Do you find yourself in a place of unplanned transition, where life is no longer as it was before? Do you feel this change is too much to handle? Discover the view up ahead, although different, it can offer a life of purpose and new beginnings. Uncover the faith it takes to face the hardest trials. Sit by someone who has buried a husband and a son, has battled cancer, and now finds herself in an empty nest. Life has a way of molding us. Hello Nobody, is a powerful journey from a place of standing at the door alone, to the discovery of what to do when everything changes.

Father Thomas Keating explores the tragedy of September 11th from the perspective of Christ-consciousness and its continuing emergence in the world. Even as he describes the attacks of that day as the culmination of all of the last century's growing violence and disregard for innocent life, Father Keating shows us how to recognize the resultant suffering as an expression of the agony of Christ on the cross that is extended to all humanity.

A daily devotional for Christian women going through difficult times, including divorce, death of a loved one, depression, and other struggles. Following her own struggle with divorce, bringing up three teenage kids as a single mum, Jennifer wrote these simple and encouraging readings to help other women struggling with difficult times in their life.

"As though we could kill Time, without injuring Eternity..." -Thoreau One young man's death results in another's life. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once wrote, "No man is prepared to live, until he is prepared to die." Is death really the end? Is physical life really all that we have been given? In this thought-provoking volume, Dr. Joseph Kostelnik examines these and other questions in the light of the clear and concise teaching of the Scriptures. Discover God's: Peace Power Purpose Provision Most Importantly, Discover the True Secret of Life!