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1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of the Book; Part I: The Unwanted Gift; Chapter 1. Grief As Gratitude, Grief As Gift; The Wilderness of Grief: The "Way" to Transformation; Without Facing the Pain, Growth May Be Limited; Letting Go of the Past, We Rise to New Life; Grief: A Journey of Wondering and Wandering in the Wilderness; Chapter 2. Everyone Grieves Differently; How Long Will I Grieve?; The Effects of Family and Culture on Grieving |
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Different Pathways Through Grief: Think People, Feel People, and Act PeopleIntroverts and Extroverts; Chapter 3. Factors That Affect the Wilderness of Grief; The Faith Factor; The Need for Sojourners: Counselors, Ministers, and Friends; Sudden Loss or Slow, Unfolding Loss; Rejection and Suicide; The Life Cycle and Development; Differentiation and Enmeshment; Part II: The Wilderness of Grief; Chapter 4. Unbelievable Darkness; The Dynamics of Darkness; Types of Shock and Disbelief; Temporary or Permanent Amnesia; Chapter 5. Frustration and Anger Amid "Why?" |
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Frustration and Anger: Part of the JourneyFrustration and Anger As Regret, Remorse, or Guilt; Frustration and Anger Toward Others; Chapter 6. Praying for a Miracle; Holy and Earthly Contracts: Hope for Healing and Cure; Miracles and Saying "Yes" to Death and Suffering; Mom's Good Death; Advance Directives, AND, and DNR Orders; Abby's Good Miracle; Chapter 7. Wrestling with Sadness and Depression; Sadness and Depression: Normal Parts of Healing; Movement into Light and Healing; Signs of When Depression Is Too Deep; Getting Help: When, What, and Where |
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Chapter 8. Healing: Experiencing the Light AgainTurning Points in the Wilderness; Caution: Euphoria May Be Ahead!; What Does This Healing Transformation Look or Feel Like?; What Is This Mysterious Spirit That Transforms Us Through the Wilderness?; Chapter 9. And Yet ... We Never Forget!; The Return of Grief: "Peek-a-Boo" Experiences; Part III: Sojourners in the Wilderness-How to Help; Chapter 10. Being a Sojourner; What Is a Sojourner?; Appendix: The Sojourner Process Guide-Walking with Another Through the Wilderness of Grief; Chapter 11. Sojourning with Those in Unbelievable Darkness |
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Chapter 12. Sojourning with Those Frustrated and Angry Amid "Why?"Chapter 13. Sojourning with Those Praying for a Miracle; Chapter 14. Sojourning with Those Wrestling with Sadness and Depression; Chapter 15. Sojourning with Those in Healing and Light; Part IV: More Ways Toward Transformation; Chapter 16. Marriage: Tough Enough Without Grief; Couples and Grieving; Gender Differences and Grieving; Complementarity in Marriage and Grief; The Gift of Sexual Closeness Amid Grief; Appendix: The Grief Date-A Guide for Couples and Family Members |
| Summary |
Learn how to embrace the painful gift of grief and use it for transformation and healing as you journey through the wilderness to a promised lifeThe Unwanted Gift of Grief is a passionate, practical guide through the grieving process for those who have suffered loss?and those who suffer with them. Rather than talking people out of their grief and pain as a way to make them feel better, this unique book invites them into the grief and pain as a way to healing, transformation and hope. Using real and in-depth ministry and counseling conversations, it identifies the journey through th |
| Notes |
Chapter 17. Ways of Making it Through the Wilderness of Grief |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317786627 |
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1317786629 |
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