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  The Book Shelf - Dealing with Grief

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Experiencing Grief by H. Norman Wright is a practical, healing guide for anyone journeying through the experience of  loss.  It is a brief but powerful book that will help lead you out of your grief experience through five stages of grief.  Broadman & Holman Publishers, broadmanholman.com .  This book can be ordered from Christian Marriage Enrichment, 800-875-7560.

 

Where is God? – A Personal Story of Finding God in Grief and Suffering by John S. Feinberg tells of John’s struggle to find peace and God in the midst of a life-rocking storm.  The journey to truth has been long and hard, but Feinberg’s painful experience incurred due to the diagnosis of his wife’s incurable, genetically transmitted disease. Has affirmed God’s faithfulness.  Broadman & Holman Publishers, broadmanholmam.com.

 

Give Us This Day
by Martha Evans Sparks

Daily Hope for Caregivers by Martha Evans sparks is an instructional, devotional, inspirational collection of words of wisdom from experience. She expresses her daily feelings as a caregiver as well as the prayers of the care recipient to give readers the whole picture, enabling them to remain faithful, hopeful and strong during a difficult time. This book is highly recommended to all caregivers and those needing the care because not only can it bring peace and comfort to each individual, but it could also be used as a way to open the doors of honest communication between the two. Published by Wesleyan Publishing House of Indianapolis, IN, you may purchase this book by calling 800.493.7539. For more information visit www.wesleyan.org/wph.


What Do You Say to Someone Who's Hurting
By Carol Fredericks.
published by Concordia Publishing House

This book offers 52 ways to show Christian sympathy to people who are grieving. It explains how to communicate with children, teens and adults under different circumstances that bring grief into one's life.


A Passage Through Grief
By Barbara Baumgardner.
published by Broadman and Holman Books

This guides the reader through the journaling process as a way to deal with sorrow from loss. Having lost her husband, a granddaughter and her father, she turned to journaling to put her thoughts in perspective and express the things she felt she couldn't talk about. A guide for leaders of support groups is also included in this book. This book was used by the Salvation Army for training grief counselors following the tragic events of September 11, 2001.


Deeper Still: For Those Who Grieve
By Paul Ginsburg
published by International Bible Society

A wonderful booklet full of short writings addressing the needs and questions of those who are grieving the loss of a loved one.


ABC's of Healthy Grieving:
Light for a Dark Journey
by Harold Ivan Smith
published by Leathers Publishing, Leawood, KS

Good for those enduring the grief process as well as those who are ministering to others in grief. It is a quick easy read with practical guidelines and suggestion.


A Decembered Grief
by Harold Ivan Smith
published by Beacon Hill Press, Kansas City, MO

A wonderful tool for those who struggle with the holidays because of the loss of a loved one. It is not unusual for one's sorrow to deepen during those much celebrated times of the year and this book gives insight and ideas for coping.


Don't Take My Grief Away From Me
by Doug Manning
In-Sight Books, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK

This is a great book to have on hand to help others right at the point of their loss, due to death of a loved one. With step by step guidelines beginning with the how-to's of planning a funeral, all questions are answered. The short chapters make it easy reading even during a stressful time. It is a wonderful tool to give to someone to express care and comfort at a difficult time and in the months to come.

To purchase this book call 1-800-658-9262 or go to www.insightbooks.com

 


Elder Care & Grief
The following booklets are easy to read and will answer many questions related to elder care and grief. All are written by Doug Manning and published by:

In-Sight Books, Inc.
PO Box 42467
Oklahoma City, OK 732123
800-658-9262

  • Visiting in a Nursing Home

  • Searching for Normal Feelings

  • Parenting Our Parents

  • When Love Gets Tough—The Nursing Home Solution

  • The Gift of Significance—Walking People Through a Loss