A Grief Received : What to Do When Loss Leaves You Empty-Handed /
Discover hope, comfort, transformation--the gifts given in grief. Too often, we think of loss like we might a broken bone. We leave the bone alone, protect it from bumps, and wait. We think eventually everything will go back to normal, the same as it always was. But losing a loved one is nothing lik...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
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Colección: | Living with hope (Fortress Press)
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Discover hope, comfort, transformation--the gifts given in grief. Too often, we think of loss like we might a broken bone. We leave the bone alone, protect it from bumps, and wait. We think eventually everything will go back to normal, the same as it always was. But losing a loved one is nothing like a broken arm. Loss is amputation, and the path to healing doesn't lead back to the same, only ahead to the different. A Grief Received offers a personal, authentic, and practical approach to weathering grief with hope. Writing with deep insight, JL Gerhardt draws on the loss of her younger brother when she was twenty-one, other personal experiences of grief, and her work in ministry alongside her husband, a minister and chaplain. Through nine practices grieving people can adopt to position themselves to receive the gifts of grief, Gerhardt provides touchstones readers will recognize and a path to personal transformation. Each chapter includes personal reflection questions and suggested resources. Gerhardt assumes the role of friend, partner, and speaker of sometimes-inconvenient but always-helpful truths. Readers will walk away comforted, directed, and inspired to seek God and God's shaping in their grief. |
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Notas: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (160 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781506434209 |
Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |