Death, Grief and Bereavement

Heaven is closer than you think. It is not just a place we go once we die and leave this earth. It touches and influences us every day of our lives...

Like a River, a triumphant story of new life birthed out of tragedy, will teach readers how to face their failures, confront their pain, and connec...

Free yourself from the treads of grief that grip your heart.

In Divine Dilemma, Ken Ham confronts this topic head-on, using personal accounts of illness and loss from within his own family. You and your famil...

We all walk through grief and loss. It comes in many shapes and forms. As a husband, father, son and a pastor, for the past thirty-four years, Malc...

Have you experienced an ongoing trial that left you wrung out emotionally? Do you feel alone in your pain?Though suffering often leaves us feeling ...

Death will strike your congregation. Are you ready? Are they? Death has become a four-letter word. Whereas in previous generations, the practice...

What is suffering for? What does it look like from the standpoint of God's sovereignty? The startling conclusion: we need to learn to suffer in ord...

Psalm 119 is noted for its call to delight in the Word of God. But we must not fail to realize that this great psalm is also infused with great lam...

At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he...

When we’re standing at the gravesite, death gives little closure and leaves many questions unanswered. Despite the common claim that “dying is just...

United Methodist pastor Elise Erikson Barrett draws on her own painful experiences, as well as on interviews with others who have gone through the ...

Grief is an intimate, personal pain that is often hard to discuss, even years after loss. For some of us, grief begins before a loved one passes as...

Life is painful. Everyone's story comes with unique challenges, difficulties, bumps, and bruises that leave you lost and drowning in their wake. It...

When their son Zach took a hard hit during a high school football scrimmage, Pat and Tammy McLeod began a forever battle: their son, though he woul...

This is a true story of love, loss and new life. Suzie Borrows battled for her husband's life praying for a miracle. God answered her, but not in t...

Does God have a hope to offer us in times of pain? Can God meet and sustain us even if our circumstances don’t change? One of the few guarantees in...

Told through a series of beautifully crafted stories taken from nearly four decades of clinical practice, her book answers the most intimate questi...

In 2009, Charlie and Jill LeBlanc experienced the unthinkable — the death of their 23-year-old son. Their loss was crushing! It’s devastating to an...

Now in his ninth decade, former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway has spent a lifetime at the bedsides of the dying, guiding countless men and w...

Presenting clergy and chaplains with unique therapeutic tools for helping senior adults enrich their later years, this book gives advice on how to ...

The creator of the viral hit “Empathy Cards” teams up with a compassion expert to create a visually-stunning and groundbreaking guide to be the bes...

A warm, pastoral, and personal guide to seeking the God of all comfort in the midst of our pain. Learn how painful experiences can become the very ...

Twentyûtwo veterans take their own lives every day. The word ætragicÆ only begins to describe the brokenness of this painful reality. Josh Holler, ...

This book has been written to help heartbroken parents know and feel the nearness and tenderness of God when they are facing the loss of a child. I...

Life has shattered all around you. Now what? What do you do when you are suddenly navigating a life you didn't sign up for? You never saw this p...

A source of comfort for anyone who has ever grieved the death of a spouse and asked 'Why?'

Tens of thousands of women and families every year lose a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. The statistics are sobering--between 10...

No matter what the circumstances, death shakes us to the core. It seems so wrong, and it is! We long for comfort, but we don't know where to look. ...

On the other side of grief lies renewal. And you can get there. There is little in life that rocks us like the death of a spouse. Whether you're fe...

There is always a plan. Joe Gibbs has dedicated his life to helping the “average Joe” apply Biblical principles to everyday situations, using the B...

In 1674, two years after his second wife’s death, John Flavel published A Token for Mourners. In it he meditates on the words of Luke 7:13: ‘And wh...

Sorrow is a dark and painful road. You don’t need to walk it alone. The Bible says that “God is near to the brokenhearted,” but what does that look...

One day the sun is shining, the winds are calm, and the water is smooth -- then all of a sudden, a furious storm comes out of nowhere, and the wave...

Ask any Appalachian the question, “When is Appalachia most beautiful?” Every Appalachian will answer, “During autumn, when the leaves of Appalachi...

Bereavement is integral to the human condition. Despite living in a more open society than we’ve ever known, those who are bereaved today find that...

An anthology of readings, music and prayers drawing together a wide array of resources to help craft a funeral service. Some are from the Bible and...

Deborah, a hospice nurse, speaks with authority about suffering and situations where God seems absent. She answers the question “What biblical ways...

Since the fall of creation, suffering has been a part of life on earth. Heartache, loneliness, depression, and death serve as constant reminders of...

Upon his wife’s sudden death, Brad was left a single father of seven children. Life became harder, and the grief almost overwhelming. We all grieve...

Sometimes it seems your life completely falls apart and you find yourself searching through the pieces to find what is still useful. Things that us...

'My friend Janet said, 'You are a writer. Write it all down.' But here I was on the edge of tragedy, and everything within me was being assaulted. ...

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 ...