To love and to be loved will be to grieve … and to be the cause of grief. … it is ordinary, in that it happens to all of us at some time or another. We are all, at some point in our lives, obliterated by loss. If you haven’t been by now, you will …
To love and to be loved will be to grieve … and to be the cause of grief. … it is ordinary, in that it happens to all of us at some time or another. We are all, at some point in our lives, obliterated by loss. If you haven’t been by now, you will …
I bought a copy of The Son Of Laughter by Frederick Buechner years ago at a second-hand bookstore. I’ve been reading it on and off over the last year or so, but am committed to finishing it this time. It is a literary retelling of the narrative of Jacob/Israel from Genesis. There is an earthy …
Ralph Davis writes about the sorrows of life that God’s people experience in common with all people, reflecting on the reality that we are not spared from sorrow, nor does faith mean that our sorrow will be less in depth or duration of feeling. …God’s covenant people are not sticks and stones, impervious to grief …
In A Liturgy Of Grief, Leslie C. Allen explores the biblical book of Lamentations and its theme of grief. While discerning patterns that have been helpful in dealing with individuals in chaplaincy work, Allen identifies some traits of corporate grief. Grief comes in many shapes, shades, and sizes. The grief of Lamentations is of a …
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