Grief

Feeling Your Way Through Grief

Wed, 29 May 2024 21:11:23 GMT

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Nothing 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.

Feeling Your Way Through Grief

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:58:38 GMT

As seen on Good Morning America!

Nothing 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?

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Tue, 24 May 2022 18:19:58 GMT

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What Loss Can Teach Us

Sat, 14 May 2022 04:15:55 GMT

After a significant loss, many people rush to get back a sense of normalcy without allowing themselves time to heal and learn from that loss. Our loving and compassionate God longs to walk with individuals on a transformational journey through loss toward becoming more emotionally and spiritually whole. This book shows readers that God offers an "on ramp" to the process of tending to their pain.

What Loss Can Teach Us provides readers with stepping-stones for getting through loss and pain while discovering the lessons they can learn through that process. Including her own story of loss, the author guides us in spiritual practices that helped her heal.

While nothing changes its reality, loss can lead to an important juncture where readers will decide if they can trust God to take them through the hard process of growth and healing by allowing themselves to be shaped by the lessons they learn through their recovery. What Loss Can Teach Us can serve as a road map for that transformational journey.

What Loss Can Teach Us

Thu, 05 May 2022 20:01:43 GMT

La oración de una viuda

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:41:12 GMT

La oración de una viuda

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:41:13 GMT

Las crisis de la vida amenazan nuestra estabilidad espiritual.

La pérdida de un ser querido -se espere o no su muerte- es siempre traumática. El trauma de adaptarse a la nueva realidad de viuda mientras se enfrenta a una multitud de preguntas y decisiones urgentes puede ser abrumador.

En este libro de 60 meditaciones, Nell Noonan comparte con franqueza sus experiencias en los 26 meses posteriores a la muerte de su marido.

Describe su recorrido en el duelo como una jornada repleta de bendiciones y quebrantos. A pesar de los momentos álgidos, logró encontrar a Dios en medio del duelo.

Noonan reconoce que el proceso de duelo de cada persona es único.

«Mis escritos no pretenden decir qué, cómo o cuándo hacer nada», dice Noonan. «Las meditaciones sólo pretenden tomarle de la mano y sentir su dolor para que, con suerte, sea capaz de avanzar lentamente, paso a paso, hacia una vida más plena, menos quebrantada, hacia una vida nueva y llena de paz».

Este libro ayudará a las viudas, tanto si deciden leerlo solas como en grupo. Es un buen recurso para los grupos de apoyo al duelo, y un regalo apropiado para mostrar su preocupación por cualquier mujer que sufra la pérdida de su compañero/a.

La oración de una viuda

Wed, 18 May 2022 20:37:52 GMT

Las crisis de la vida amenazan nuestra estabilidad espiritual.

En este libro de 60 meditaciones, Nell Noonan comparte con franqueza sus experiencias en los 26 meses posteriores a la muerte de su marido.

Describe su recorrido en el duelo como una jornada repleta de bendiciones y quebrantos. A pesar de los momentos álgidos, logró encontrar a Dios en medio del duelo.

Noonan reconoce que el proceso de duelo de cada persona es único.

Blue Christmas

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:38:24 GMT

The Advent and Christmas season is often associated with joy, love, generosity, and unity. But for many people, this time of year magnifies loneliness, anxiety, grief, and despair. While others are enjoying celebrations with their friends and families, those who are hurting often feel even more lost, abandoned, and alone than ever.

"Not all Christmases are white; some are blue," Todd Outcalt writes. Blue Christmas is a devotional book for the 28 days of Advent and Christmas Day. Each devotion includes a scripture selection, meditation, prayer, and suggested Advent action. The book also features additional prayers, a "Blue Christmas" worship service, and reflection questions.

In these honest devotions, readers will find their fears and realities named and brought into the light of God's love. They will be led to sit with their experiences, acknowledge their losses, and remember Jesus' promise "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

Blue Christmas reminds us that all of our Christmases, even the darkest ones, can be filled with honesty and hope if we are first willing to sit in silence and bring our deepest fears to God.

Blue Christmas

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:38:36 GMT

Blue Christmas reminds us that all of our Christmases, even the darkest ones, can be filled with honesty and hope if we are first willing to sit in silence and bring our deepest fears to God.

Blue Christmas

Thu, 05 May 2022 20:07:00 GMT

Blue Christmas reminds us that all of our Christmases, even the darkest ones, can be filled with honesty and hope if we are first willing to sit in silence and bring our deepest fears to God.

Beyond Loneliness

Thu, 05 May 2022 20:41:42 GMT

Loneliness touches everyone, whether they are young or old, rich or poor. It can be one of the most painful experiences of life.

There is a friend-shaped hole in all of our lives, Trevor Hudson writes. People long for relationship with others, but what may surprise them is that God actually longs to be friends with them.

Having a close friendship with God is the only thing that will ultimately bring joy and happiness and ease the ache of loneliness. In Beyond Loneliness, Hudson provides guidance for building a friendship with God.

Ten chapters help readers discover how to get to know God and deepen their friendship with God. Each chapter includes friendship exercises and reflection questions. Perfect for small-group or individual study.

KEY FEATURES

Friendship exercises at the end of each chapter to help with reflection and action
Simple, conversational writing

Beyond Loneliness

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:11:31 GMT

Loneliness touches everyone, whether they are young or old, rich or poor. It can be one of the most painful experiences of life.

There is a friend-shaped hole in all of our lives, Trevor Hudson writes. People long for relationship with others, but what may surprise them is that God actually longs to be friends with them.

KEY FEATURES

Friendship exercises at the end of each chapter to help with reflection and action
Simple, conversational writing

Beyond Loneliness

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:11:43 GMT

Loneliness touches everyone, whether they are young or old, rich or poor. It can be one of the most painful experiences of life.

There is a friend-shaped hole in all of our lives, Trevor Hudson writes. People long for relationship with others, but what may surprise them is that God actually longs to be friends with them.

KEY FEATURES

Friendship exercises at the end of each chapter to help with reflection and action
Simple, conversational writing

A Widow's Prayer

Tue, 17 May 2022 00:54:39 GMT

Life crises threaten our spiritual stability.

Losing a loved one—whether or not you expect their death—is always traumatic. The trauma of adjusting to the new identity of widow while facing a multitude of questions and urgent decisions can be overwhelming.

In this book of 60 meditations, Nell Noonan candidly shares her experiences in the 26 months after the death of her husband.

She describes her journey in grief as packed with blessings and brokenness. Despite the low points, she managed to find God in the midst of bereavement.

Noonan acknowledges that each person's grief journey is unique.

"My writing is not meant to tell you what or how or when to do anything," Noonan says. "The devotions are only meant to hold your hand and feel your pain so that hopefully you will be able to inch slowly, step-by-step, into being more whole, less broken—into a new, peace-filled life."

This book will help widows, whether they choose to read it alone or with a group. A good resource for grief support groups, and an appropriate gift to show your concern for any woman grieving the loss of her husband.

A Widow's Prayer

Sat, 14 May 2022 01:07:17 GMT

Life crises threaten our spiritual stability.

In this book of 60 meditations, Nell Noonan candidly shares her experiences in the 26 months after the death of her husband.

She describes her journey in grief as packed with blessings and brokenness. Despite the low points, she managed to find God in the midst of bereavement.

Noonan acknowledges that each person's grief journey is unique.

A Widow's Prayer

Thu, 05 May 2022 20:31:54 GMT

Life crises threaten our spiritual stability.

In this book of 60 meditations, Nell Noonan candidly shares her experiences in the 26 months after the death of her husband.

She describes her journey in grief as packed with blessings and brokenness. Despite the low points, she managed to find God in the midst of bereavement.

Noonan acknowledges that each person's grief journey is unique.

A Widow's Prayer Enlarged Print

Sat, 14 May 2022 03:40:29 GMT

Life crises threaten our spiritual stability.

In this book of 60 meditations, Nell Noonan candidly shares her experiences in the 26 months after the death of her husband.

She describes her journey in grief as packed with blessings and brokenness. Despite the low points, she managed to find God in the midst of bereavement.

Noonan acknowledges that each person's grief journey is unique.

At the Edge of Life

Thu, 05 May 2022 20:47:31 GMT

Drawing on 60 years of experience as pastor, hospice chaplain, volunteer, and friend to dying persons, Richard Morgan offers perspective and advice to people coping with a family member, friend, or patient who is approaching the time of death. These 30 meditations take us from accepting our own mortality and the impending death of someone we care about through "making preparations," "finding closure," and "dying moments." In each meditation Morgan uses personal stories and scripture to lead into a reflection question and prayer. The result is a sense of peace that gives readers confidence as companions to the dying.

At the Edge of Life

Sat, 14 May 2022 00:55:10 GMT