Spiritual Grief

En esta guía práctica y compasiva, la educadora de doulas de la muerte Anne-Marie Keppel incorpora técnicas antiguas y modernas, prácticas de atención plena y apoyo a base de hierbas para mostrar cómo cualquiera puede cuidar a los moribundos, ya sea en casa, en un hospicio o incluso en la UCI. Ella desmitifica el proceso de muerte mientras explica lo que atraviesa el cuerpo durante el final de la vida y presenta prácticas para calmar las emociones y otras formas de reducir el estrés y la ansiedad durante el proceso de muerte activa.

After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head-on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death by investigating Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Mayan temples, Colorado cremation pyres, Day of the Dead celebrations, Maori settlements, and tourist-destination graveyards.

Do you feel like you are barely holding on? Let the golden thread of God's presence be the calm on the other side of chaos. It could be that he is weaving a brilliant new beginning in the middle of your mess. Join beloved worship leader Darlene Zschech as she traces God’s goodness through her recent transitions. No matter what we're going through, Darlene urges us to maintain joy in the middle of it all.

Katherine Clark was just an average wife and mother with two young children when she was in a tragic playground accident in late May 2009. A little boy playing on the jungle gym jumped and landed on Kate’s head, knocking her over and snapping her neck. Kate was paralyzed from the neck down. The doctors diagnosed her with quadriplegia and said she would never walk again. This terrifying prognosis could have been the end of the story. But instead, God chose to work a profound miracle in Kate’s life and in the life of her family.

People are broken all over the place. Places are broken all around us. But we were made for better than this: We were made for shalom. We were made to be whole - and to make things whole. This is an empowering journey for those who hunger for a better life, for a better world...for those who want to plant and grow the seeds of restoration in themselves and their communities...and for those who want to see the jagged edges made smooth as we move from brokenness to wholeness.

Underwood shares how the story of Lazarus brought renewed hope during his darkest moments of suffering and doubt in his personal battle with leukemia, bringing to life God's powerful answer to the question of pain and suffering: that Jesus loves and cares for us.

Are you longing to connect with your departed loved ones? Seeking comfort, guidance, or just a sign of their eternal presence? Step into the enchanting world of spiritual communication with our transformative book: 33 Ways to Communicate with Loved Ones Departed.

In Reflections for the Grieving Soul, widower and author Mike Nappa offers personal reflections, Scripture, heartfelt prayers---and hope---to comfort and guide you as you grieve the loss of a loved one.

Nel corso dei secoli è stato insegnato alle persone a considerare la morte con orrore. Questa è una politica sbagliata perché il bene non nasce mai dal male e la paura in particolare non è mai costruttiva. Ora è arrivato il momento di ascoltare la verità. E la verità è che non esiste la morte. Non c'è assolutamente motivo di temere la morte. Perché ciò che chiamiamo morte non è altro che l'altro lato della vita. L'anima dell'uomo è immortale e il suo futuro è la crescita e il miglioramento.

An audiobook for people grieving because of the pandemic, health challenges, family conflict, or other losses, while also seeing so many things to be thankful for. An audiobook for small groups - each of the seven chapters has discussion questions at the end. An audiobook for Advent and Lent.

When you're going through a season of grief, it's hard to fathom that there will be a day when you won't be hurting. Throughout Scripture we are taught to humble ourselves and love one another because empathy is born from loving our neighbor. If you've ever experienced loss, you're able to help others turn their grief into grace and create hope and purpose from what feels devastating and heartbreaking.

When someone is grieving, what should you say? How can you help? How do you comfort without offering shallow platitudes? The Book of Comforts stands in the gap between suffering and hope, offering listeners the abiding comfort found in Scripture and personal experience. Scripture deals plainly and honestly with suffering and simultaneously points people to the rich hope we find in God. The Book of Comforts is a beautiful and comforting gift for those in hard places.

As you wrestle with a terminal illness, are your days filled with medical, financial, and legal decisions and paperwork? Are you struggling to find meaning and purpose in this season of life? Are you overwhelmed with fear and sadness? In Sooner than Later, you will explore the spiritual aspects of a terminal illness. You will gain hope and peace, and yes, even joy, as you navigate this challenging path.

Power-packed with her personal narrative of traumatic loss and lessons learned in the face of grief, Kiya guides the listener on a journey to find grace in unexpected places. Through this audiobook, Kiya will empower you to refresh your faith, find your voice, and re-ignite your fire for God.

The book addresses the question of the silence of God, especially when people suffer. It also deals with miracles, and the Bible versus the church. Several indexes contain further discussions on the subject matter.

A woman who has experienced both tragedy and triumph, Paula White shares hope with those facing life's trials. Paula opens her heart to offer personal testimonies and key passages of Scripture that will equip readers to discover purpose in their pain and to overcome any challenge that crosses their path. It's not about what happens to us, it's about what happens in us. Failure is not final.

Suffering can strike anyone at any time - the death of a loved one, the loss of a job. No one would suggest that you should seek out suffering. And, no one would say that you should love suffering. In fact, suffering is not a being and, therefore, cannot be loved. But, these five insights about suffering will help you consider the value of suffering in a new light. Gerardine Guadagno shares stories of people who have lived through (or are still experiencing) suffering. She offers their examples of how to take a spiritual reality and put it into practice in a transformative way.

Come rain or shine, hardship or ease, confusion or clarity, worship is always a choice. But what does it look like when worship meets suffering? How can God be good when it seems the world is collapsing around you? In this inspiring audiobook, Matt and Beth Redman draw on their experiences to explore how to offer praise even in the face of hardship and pain. Focusing on the psalms, they reveal how difficult or tragic circumstances and the choices you make can propel you toward God or away from him.

The apostle Peter described faith as "much more precious than gold that perishes". As gold passes through purifying fire, so Peter says a man's faith must be tried in order that it "might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:7). While we address the crises in our lives that try our faith, we rarely praise God the way Job did, and we rarely submit ourselves to the purifying fire as Peter suggests.

For every abortion, a man is involved. Considerable attention is given to the post-abortive woman, but what about the man? Just like the woman, the man can experience guilt, regret, and emotional trauma from his involvement with an abortion. However, the man is often ignored or forgotten, and left to deal with the fallout of the guilt and regret he might cary into all aspects of his life.