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Quand ce livre est sorti la première fois, le deuil était vraiment un tabou. Aujourd'hui, il ne l'est plus et on parle de travail de deuil à tort et à travers. C'est pourquoi Christophe Fauré a fait une nouvelle édition remaniée et augmentée de son livre. À l'aide de nombreux exemples, il en explique le cheminement, selon la nature du lien au défunt, les circonstances du décès, avec les différentes phases du processus, de la phase de choc, de sidération, à la restructuration.

When you suffer a loss, you enter the realm of "used to be." You used to be married. You used to be employed. You used to be pregnant, secure, healthy, sober, thin. You used to be a son or daughter, a brother or sister, a mother or father. And in that used-to-be space there is deep emptiness, loneliness, and sorrow. It's a place we all dwell for a while. But it's not a place in which we are meant to remain. The path forward includes exploring the unseen elements of grief. With this book, pastor Chuck Elliott and counselor Ashley Elliott light the way to a better future.

Dirigeant du premier pôle d'innovation européen dédié à l'avancée en âge dans nos sociétés, Nicolas Menet envisageait à 42 ans de réaliser son rêve : entrer en politique et devenir député. Mais ce 18 novembre 2021, un accident vasculaire cérébral vient brutalement remettre en cause ses ambitions : un cancer du cerveau incurable ouvre devant lui le chemin vers une mort à brève échéance.

In November 2004, Lora Jones was a happy wife and proud mother of two beautiful children. Lora and her family left for a family vacation, excited to celebrate the holidays, but sounds of music and laughter in their van were shattered by a head-on collision. Lora watched helplessly as, one-by-one, her beloved family slipped into eternity. Awake in a nightmare, all traces of laughter were replaced by the mournful cries of a wounded heart. How in the world could Lora go on alone? Song of a Wounded Heart tells the true story of Lora’s journey from death to hope.

It takes time and space to grieve well, but often our culture doesn't afford us these things. Drawing from her own experience with grief, Natasha Smith invites us into a reflection on what it means to grieve and how to cling to hope even in our darkest moments. Instead of providing quick-fix solutions, this book creates space for us to take time to just sit and grieve, learn, and heal in healthy ways.

Death and the treatment of the dead body loom large in our collective cultural consciousness. The authors explore the materiality and meaning of the dead body and the living's relationship to it. All the biggest questions facing the planetary human community relate in one way or another to the corpse. Surprisingly, Christian communities are largely missing in the discussion of the dead, having abdicated the historic role in care for the dead to the funeral industry.

Grief is all-consuming. Shattering. After the death of a loved one, we ask questions about the meaning of life, the whys of death, and how to carry our sorrow. The Spirituality of Grief honors the complex nature of grief and offers simple comfort: we are not alone, and there is no one right way to grieve.

When we’re standing at the gravesite, death gives little closure and leaves many questions unanswered. Despite the common claim that “dying is just a natural part of life,“ people seem to avoid this unsettling subject more than ever. Yet the Bible doesn’t shy away from the reality of death. God’s Word has the answers we need to face the grave with confidence in our risen Redeemer. In this book, Dr. Guy Waters provides the Bible’s answers to essential questions about death, dying, and what comes after this life.

I 2005 mistede Julia sin mor til kræft. Hun havde brug for at tale med nogen, der kunne give hende håb om, at er var lys for enden af sorgtunnelen. I "Sig farvel – Hvad præster ved om sorg" taler forfatter Julia Lahme med danske præster om sorg og om, hvordan man får håbet og troen tilbage efter at have mistet en, man holdt af. Med udgangspunkt i sit eget tab begiver Julia sig ud i Danmark for at tale med seks præster, der kan tilbyde hende og andre sørgende mennesker hjælp på hver deres helt personlige måde.

Grief can be so debilitating that it blinds you to God's presence. Many who grieve struggle to face the sudden loss, much less embrace it and rest in it. In this remarkably honest book, Sharon Betters tells us the story of her teenage son's sudden death in a car accident. Excerpts from Sharon's journal express her raw grief, anger, and hunger to understand how God can be good and loving and still take away her youngest child. Sharon Betters draws listeners to a passage from Isaiah that carries God's promise to provide treasures for his people in the very midst of darkness and trouble.

When a woman becomes pregnant, miscarriage is usually the furthest thing from her mind. Her time is spent dreaming of the day she will finally cradle her newborn baby in her arms. Such was the case for Jessalyn Hutto when she became pregnant with her first baby. But as is all too common, the precious life she carried came to an abrupt end before those dreams ever became a reality.

Enmarcando su propia historia de abrumadora pérdida y creciente esperanza con la historia bíblica de Job, Nancy Guthrie lleva de la mano a sus compañeros de sufrimiento y los guía por un camino a través del dolor—directo al corazón de Dios. Aferrándose a la Esperanza ofrece una perspectiva edificante no sólo para aquellos que están experimentando una pérdida monumental sino para cualquiera que esté atravesando dificultades y fracasos.

Melissa Zaldivar talks honestly about losing everything that once defined her and how God used unexpected opportunities, like working at Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, to spark a journey of working through her grief and encountering the all-sufficient love of Christ. Weaving inspiring passages of Scripture and insights from Little Women into her personal story, Melissa encourages listeners with her discovery that it’s when we have nothing left to offer that we can receive God’s love the most. And that’s something that can never be lost.

When Sarah Berger’s nineteen-year-old son went to heaven in an inexplicable single-car accident, Sarah found herself plunged into soul-searing grief—the kind that can ruin marriages and destroy faith. But that is not her story. With an unrelenting grip on the Lord’s hand, Sarah clung to the promise that God is close to the brokenhearted. Now, for the many others who grieve losing loved ones to accidents, illnesses, and even suicide, Sarah points them to the God of all comfort. This book opens listeners’ hearts and minds to embrace God’s promises in the midst of grief.

The American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Lament recognizes struggles and suffering, that the world is not as it ought to be. Lament challenges the status quo and cries out for justice against existing injustices. Soong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. It critiques our success-centered triumphalism and calls us to repent of our hubris. And it opens up new ways to encounter the other.

As an author, speaker, and advocate for people with disabilities, Joni Eareckson Tada has inspired people around the world with her story of faith in the midst of suffering. In this beautiful collection of hymns and devotions she acts as a "song leader," guiding listeners through their own painful seasons with heartfelt praises to God. Songs of Suffering includes 25 hymns with accompanying devotions to spark hope in hardship.

Many people understand that at the end of all things, when Christ returns, God will create a new heaven and a new earth where those who have trusted in Christ will live with him forever. But what about those who have “passed on” well before this? Where are they now? What does heaven look like? What will occupy us there? When David Oliver faced the death of his son Joel, at the age of thirty-eight, following a short and brutal fight with cancer, he set about researching and writing this powerful short book on heaven and committed to write whatever he discovered.

La mort d'un enfant est l'expérience la plus dévastatrice qu'un parent puisse vivre. Il s'agit également d'une expérience compliquée pour ses amis et ses proches qui sont chrétiens. Toutefois, Dieu ne vous abandonne pas à votre deuil. Dans ce livre, John MacArthur met en lumière les multiples passages bibliques faisant allusion à l'amour inébranlable de Dieu pour les enfants et à son assurance quant à leur sécurité éternelle. En se servant de nombreux exemples tirés de la vraie vie, cet enseignant de renom dévoile une perspective biblique sur des questions troublantes.

In a raw and inspiring reflection on grief, a mourning sister processes her personal story of loss by exploring the history of bereavement customs. When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of loss—including three miscarriages and the death of her grandmother and culminating in the unexpected...

Clarissa Moll knows the landscape of loss all too well. Her life changed forever in 2019 when her husband, Rob, died unexpectedly while hiking―leaving her with four children to raise alone. In her debut book, Clarissa offers her powerful personal narrative as well as honest, practical wisdom that will gently guide you amidst your own loss. Whether you’ve lost someone dear to you or you’re supporting a loved one as they mourn, you can learn to walk with grief. And as you do, you might be surprised to discover the path is wide enough for the Good Shepherd of your soul.