One Family's Journey to Healing after the Tragic Death of a Son
Beginning with a dramatic story of the death of a young adult son, this book presents a new apradigm for the grief process. An alternative to Kubler-Ross, this text is structured around five cries of grief--the cry of pain, the cry of longing, the cry for supportive love, the cry for understanding, and the cry for significance.
This is a thorough, thoughtful book that wonderfully combines the richness of the Prayer Book marriage service with the best of psychology, sociology, physiology, and good common sense. It is wise, practical and long needed--The Rev. Carol Ander.
The death of a friend is one of the most significant but unrecognised experiences of grief in culture. In this book, the author guides the reader to move with rather than against the natural grief process as he explores its many aspects, including the friending, the passing, the burying, the mourning, the remembering, and the reconciling.
To the 20 million Americans who suffer from depression, the Hulmes offer a promise of hope and healing. Writing from his own battles with depression, William helps depressed people, their families, and caregivers understand depression, treatment and how people can cope. Woven into William's story are his wife's struggles with her husband's ......
A former funeral director and a leader of seminars on grief and spirituality uses the death of his own father as a beginning point to lead others through the particularly difficult journey through grief when a father dies.
Andrew, You Died Too Soon is the poignant, painfully honest reflection of a mother who lost a son to suicide, and the account of the family's journey through grief in the company of faith.
The willingness of people to believe in magical icons, mystical relics, and miraculous pictures (like the Image of Guadalupe) is almost as curious as these phenomena themselves. This book confronts such strange events, powers, and objects as the Shroud of Turin, bleeding or weeping statues, burning handprints, and liquefying blood.
In this revised and expanded edition, Morton Kelsey--well known for his writings that connect religion and psychology--summarizes new findings in dream research and puts the meaning of dreams into perspective. Readers will rediscover the richness of the Christian tradition and find help in understanding their own dreams.
