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Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man--or at any rate a man like me--out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to...
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Voskamp shows us ways to slow down, stop time, and allow gritty faith to penetrate, expose, and bring the hint of healing to the mess of daily life. For all imperfect people-- in other words, for all of us-- she leads us on a journey toward embracing and celebrating the brokenness in each of us, sharing the incredible grace of Jesus with those who are broken-- but still want to be loved.
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"When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes-war, famine, pandemic-we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its...
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You are not alone. Are you facing a difficult decision? A painful situation? Drawing on Gods Word, her own struggles, and the experiences of others, Elizabeth George reaches out with help. Knowing the Bible says to count trials as joy, she shares the vital truths that make that positive approach possible, including,
10) Joy
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"A lively kitten is full of joy until she takes a tumble. Can a little comfort from someone special help her feel happy again?"--
11) Mouseboat
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Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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A young girl feels lost after the death of her mother, but when she and her father visit their lake house, she takes out the small boat she and her mom built together and somehow, in the wind and rain, reconnects with her mother's love.
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Many Rivers Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with Alone and closing with Work, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience...
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Español
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¿Qué haces cuando un sueño desbaratado o una expectativa insatisfecha te hace volverte al Plan B? El pastor Pete Wilson usa historias actuales de tragedias junto con historias bíblicas para ayudar a los lectores a afrontar sus propias situaciones y por medio de ellas aprender que Dios está trabajando para ayudarles a entregar sus planes y recibir lo que Él tiene para ellos.
What do you do when a shattered dream or an unmet expectation makes...
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FaithWords
Pub. Date
2017.
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Español
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Todos nosotros pasaremos por tiempos oscuros que no entenderemos: una dificultad con un amigo, una situación injusta en el trabajo, un revés financiero, una enfermedad inesperada, un divorcio o la pérdida de un ser querido. Esos tipos de experiencias son parte del viaje humano. Pero cuando nos encontremos en tal lugar, es importante que mantengamos una perspectiva positiva. Joel Osteen escribe que si nos mantenemos en la fe y mantenemos una buena...
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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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In the excruciating aftermath of her young daughter's death from cancer, Kate Merrick struggled to find a way to live. Not just to survive or go through the motions, but to live fully. Faithfully. With real joy amid inevitable tears. To discover how, Kate delved into the stories in the Bible of real women who suffered deeply and emerged somehow joyful. How did Sarah, after twenty-five years of achingly empty arms, learn to laugh without bitterness?...
19) The question that never goes away: what is God up to or not in a world of such tragedy and pain?
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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