Spiritual Grief

We've lost the practice of lament. Most people don't know how to process personal or communal mourning and instead struggle to honor their tears, vulnerability, and the full weight of these disillusioning times. But tending our grief might be exactly what we need to reimagine a way forward. Tracing her difficult experiences of a catastrophic home fire, a threat to her child's well-being, and other devastating losses and upheavals, Terra McDaniel offers a clear framework for expressing heartache and burdens.

As a troubled teenager, Tamara Laroux just wants the pain to go away. Crying out to God for forgiveness, she makes the heart-wrenching decision to end her life. As she plummets from her body to a place of vast darkness, torment, and agony, Tamara instantly realizes the finality of her rash decision and begs God to save her.

In Reflections for the Grieving Soul, widower and author Mike Nappa offers personal reflections, Scripture, heartfelt prayers---and hope---to comfort and guide you as you grieve the loss of a loved one.

Have you ever found yourself in an unthinkable situation? Take the hand of Jesus and transform your pain into purpose. In "Unthinkable" Heather Bradley shares her deeply personal story of tragedy and the miraculous transformation that followed. In the darkest moment of her life, she found a hand reaching down, offering an exchange—suffering for healing, pain for freedom, and heartache for purpose. Through her journey, she discovered that by taking hold of Jesus’ hand, we can navigate the fiery trials of life and emerge stronger, filled with supernatural strength and confidence. In this ...

Cosplay Healing Theory blends storytelling, self-reflection, and superhero aesthetics into a transformative reading experience. Following the journey of Renaldo Reynolds — a young man searching for meaning, connection, and healing — this genre-bending book offers more than a narrative. It’s a manual for unmasking pain, rewriting your origin story, and stepping into your power. With Oracle-guided wisdom, dynamic illustrations, and interactive prompts, this book invites readers to reflect on their own hero’s journey. Born from the real-life Cosplay Healing Theory event, this story ...

What would you do if you were going to die soon? What wisdom would you impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance? Sara Frankl's eventual death was indeed tragic, but the vignettes she presents are unforgettable. Choose Joy is a must-have for those searching for meaning and beauty in a world full of tragedy. Her words breathe with vitality and life, and her stories will inspire smiles, tears, and the desire to "choose joy".

When great sorrow overwhelms us, as we stagger under the utter amazement of it, there comes a moment which seems a moment of peace. This is the moment when, as in a flash, we see that our sorrow is inevitable. It is not inevitable, we think, at that moment, but it is inevitable sometime. Sorrow is part of life. We cannot imagine any life which has accomplished a considerable number of years without finding this element of tragedy somewhere entering in. The first reaction to such a word of consolation is the exclamation, “This is nothing more than stoicism.” As we read the lives of such ...

A Spiritual Journey Short Story ... From the best selling author of Where The Green Star Falls comes a stunningly beautiful tale. A son's desire to deal with grief and say goodbye to his mother in some poignant way, becomes an uplifting spiritual journey as he takes her ashes to fulfill some of her greatest dreams. Dreams that she never achieved in life. In the stunning backdrop of the Andes Mountains in Argentina, he completes one little dream at a time. Venturing to the wildest of places, the rarest of rivers, and ultimately, to the top of a mystical mountain. And along the way, he ...

Help move the grieving process on and find closure with your grief. With this powerful hypnosis and meditation program, get the help you need to overcome grief and create healing energy in your life.

Similar to a novel in which listeners choose their own paths, Why Is There Suffering? by Bethany Sollereder allows listeners who want to better understand the existence of suffering the opportunity to sort through the most common and viable options, ultimately discovering answers that make the most sense to them.

I felt like the world ended when my spouse passed away… Are you overwhelmed with sadness since losing your loved one? Or do you want to help a grieving friend frozen in their sorrow? The death of a loved one rocks the foundation of your faith. You begin to question God's love and power. You find it hard to attend church services because you feel so different. And reading your bible or praying feels impossible. A Simple Plan for Grieving Is it possible to get past the tears and experience happiness again after your spouse’s death? Yes, friend, it is. You can move forward and find purpose...

When floods rage, fires consume, and storms shake the very ground we stand on, one question echoes through the chaos: Where is God? This timely and compassionate book was born from a heartfelt sermon and inspired by real tragedies—floods in Texas that claimed young lives and wildfires in Maui that devastated communities. Through biblical reflection, personal experience, and pastoral insight, Pastor John E. Miller guides readers through the emotional and spiritual wreckage that disasters leave behind. Rooted in Wesleyan theology and anchored in Scripture, this book offers a path forward ...

What if the treasure you’re chasing… is the truth about yourself? After surviving the jungle and unlocking the first ancient vault, Flint Wrynn and his team head to Indonesia in search of a long-lost chamber whispered about in tribal legends and missionary journals alike—The Echo Vault. Said to resonate with the voices of those who have suffered and survived, the vault is more than myth. It's the next step on a journey that has become deeply personal. Still haunted by the death of his brother Clay and the growing threat of the mysterious Silencer, Flint finds his relationships ...

Do you feel like you are barely holding on? Let the golden thread of God's presence be the calm on the other side of chaos. It could be that he is weaving a brilliant new beginning in the middle of your mess. Join beloved worship leader Darlene Zschech as she traces God’s goodness through her recent transitions. No matter what we're going through, Darlene urges us to maintain joy in the middle of it all.

Regina Hartley has had enough. The demands of life have taken a toll on her and, no longer feeling equipped to endure the strain, she decides to end it all in watery surrender. But instead of drowning to death, she finds herself being revived on shore by a concerned, handsome stranger. After saving her, the stranger refuses to leave her alone. Regina realizes she doesn’t mind his attention and finds herself more interested in what else life has to offer overall. But after saving her spirit, will the handsome stranger eventually disappear? Gabriel finds himself in the right place at the ...

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.

Life is full of difficult seasons of loss, grief, and hardship. To overcome the struggles and pain, we must find reassurance, guidance, and wisdom from God. Healing Water for the Soul is a yearlong compilation of life-changing devotionals from L. B. Cowman's classics Streams in the Desert and Springs in the Valley. Each day you will find encouragement from God's Word that speaks to God's purpose, plan, and promise to you.

We Lost Her is a unique book that takes the reader on a real life, intimate journey of grieving children. Seven siblings, ages seven to seventeen at the time of the tragedy in 1970, relate how they each dealt with the news of their mother’s tragic death. The book chronicles their mourning and how grief impacted their lives both then and now. The story is told through the eyes of Ellen, the third oldest sibling and weaves an intimate tapestry of loss, family grief and pain, self-help, growth and learning. Travel with her as she relates her own and her siblings’ journey as they coped with...

The book addresses the question of the silence of God, especially when people suffer. It also deals with miracles, and the Bible versus the church. Several indexes contain further discussions on the subject matter.

In his most accomplished novel to date, Roger DeBlanck delivers an unforgettable contemporary story of a young Native American man on the road to recovery. Abuse and addiction have ruined Thomas Newsome’s youth, but he refuses to follow the wasted path of his father, Gilbert. After Thomas narrowly avoids tragedy, he vows to get clean and stay that way. Before he can bury his past and move on, he wants answers from his father for why he never changed. But then Gilbert falls ill and takes off on a personal journey. With only a handful of clues from his Apache past, Thomas sets out on a ...