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The death of a child immerses parents into a life-long challenge of living with one of life's most heartbreaking losses. Pilgrimage through Loss tells the story of one family's journey, along with interviews from thirty other mothers and fathers who add their voices to the silences that often surround suffering in our 'mourning-avoidant' culture. Hunt illuminates the varied pathways parents eventually discover that open their lives to strength and...
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A Life Complete explains how the choices we make in midlife can become distilled and irreversible by the time we reach our last years. Having worked intimately and rewardingly with countless people in the last years of their lives, psychological counselor and ordained minister Sallirae Henderson offers a practical plan for healing in middle age so we can avoid elderly regret, unexpressed grief, and unresolved spiritual issues before it's too late....
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Grief Healing Techniques Helps You Recover in Your Own Way, at Your Own PaceAfter losing a loved one, grief can be overwhelming and seem impossible to conquer. Grief Healing Techniques gives you manageable, effective steps you can take to work through your grief on a daily basis, so you can start to find your new "normal." Grief Healing Techniques speaks to anyone who has ever suffered a major loss. With Grief Healing Techniques, you will be able...
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There are many highs and lows in a woman's life. When thinking about highs, marriage and children are often the first things mentioned. But another, the death of her spouse or significant other, can be the lowest of the lows. One of the reasons it is so devastating is that she is often trying to navigate through it either by herself or with the "help" of others who may not understand what she's going through or how she really feels,
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According to the World Health Organization, almost seven hundred thousand people attempt suicide every year. Of every one thousand suicide attempts, approximately seventy-two ultimately die of suicide. It is the tenth leading reason of death in the United States and sometimes even higher in other countries. Death by suicide also has no one particular type of victim; it affects everyone from the seemingly happy and successful movie stars, rockstars,...
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Christy Droog is a young woman broken in pieces. Abandoned at birth by her biological mother, sexually assaulted at age five, an unwed mother at nineteen, her life at age twenty-two is shattered by the tragic drowning of her infant son. By forty, Christy is in the midst of a full-blown spiritual crisis-her body a battleground of multiple agonizing surgeries, her beloved mother lost to cancer, and facing the scars of a failed marriage and looming divorce....
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Beyond the Skies of Blue and Pink is a follow-up to K. L. Nelson's first book A Life Spiritually Guided by Faith, Daisies, and Sky Blue Pink. After the heart-wrenching loss of her husband, K. L. Nelson has spent the last three years soul-searching for who she is without him and what her destination will be now that she is on her own. K. L. Nelson shares a compelling story of how her view of the world around her has changed so dramatically after such...
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Kids are killing kids in public schools! Kids are killing their parents! What is causing all of this evil in our younger generation? Do we need prayer back in the schools…or do we need God to start in the home? Bob Larson gets us to the root of these evils and brings us some of the answers we are looking for in this new video assisted program.
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By exploring the ethics of resisting and accepting death from a Christian perspective, Nancy Duff encourages Christians to talk about death in the context of Christian faith. Making Faithful Decisions at the End of Life helps readers use biblical and theological perspectives regarding death to inform end-of-life decisions, consider where they stand on withdrawing life support and supporting death with dignity laws, and take steps in planning for their...
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The Gauntlet of Grief is about my journey in dealing with my children's deaths. This book takes you from the time of their deaths through my first year of dealing with the loss. In the first year after their deaths, God taught me many lessons that were essential in surviving this gauntlet.
The intent of this book is not to draw on your emotions, but to let you know you're not alone. I want to show how God worked in my life in my darkest moments. My...
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When life hurts, nothing helps like hope. This newly designed version of the best-selling Deeper than Tears, is a gift book of hope. It is a poignant and uplifting reminder that no matter what disappointments and loss come to your corner of the world, God offers healing and help. Regardless what sorrow and heartache you feel, God knows about it and He cares for you. What better message could bring encouragement and comfort?
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This book is a selection of a chaplain's experiences of how hospice can serve the families and patients who enter this special journey. It contains patient stories told from the chaplain's view. When Chaplain Beck is with patients, she often shares one of her stories to help ease their fears. It is her hope that sharing these stories in this book will prepare readers and lessen their anxiety when hearing the word "hospice" in relation to themselves...
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Begun in 1994, The Atlanta Study is the first comprehensive investigation of its kind into near-death experiences (NDEs). The study's name hardly captures what lies behind it: life-and-death dramas played out in operating rooms and hospital beds--and simultaneous events unseen by medical personnel but reported with astonishing clarity and conviction by nearly 50 individuals who returned from death's door. Now the founder of The Atlanta Study, Dr....
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After losing a loved one, "pay attention to the ways in which your relationship continues."
So advised Sarah Horowitz in an interview she gave the day before her unexpected death. In A Cracking of the Heart, David Horowitz explores the legacy of his extraordinary daughter's short life, and narrates his quest for a deeper understanding of the child he lost. A remarkable woman and gifted writer, Sarah was afflicted with a birth condition that, while...
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As a Regnum Christi lay apostle Terice Richards never expected to write a book on religion or spirituality. Believing it only became possible due to her love of pastoral care ministry, with the Lord bringing patients, family members as well as friends with incredible stories to tell her.
She shares these true stories intended as consolation, reflecting the promise of joy that awaits in the afterlife and the nearness of loved ones who have preceded...
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"Misplaced Eternity" is a profound work by Tijuana Smith, inspired by her deep Christian faith and the harrowing experience of losing eight family members in just seven months. The book delves into Smith's personal journey of wrestling with immense grief and seeking answers from God about death and suffering. It's a candid exploration of the natural despair felt in the face of loss that encourages readers to bring their hardest questions to God.
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'They went home to Heaven to be with Jesus,' is what my Mother always told us, after a loved family member or friend died. I was just a child then and believed her. Their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior was what enabled them to enter Heaven. How do we know this to be true? In the Bible, Romans 10:9 states, 'If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.' Also,...
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Grief is a devastating emotion, leaving its mark on each of us. We struggle with loneliness and exhaustion, unable to cope with our daily lives. Reflecting on the changes to our lives, we discover the courage and strength to move forward, often with the help of others. We develop methods to continue with our unique journeys through life.
Along the Shore is a collection of personal and touching strategies by thirty-eight people dealing with their...
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