Death & Grief

What will heaven be like? Randy Alcorn presents a thoroughly biblical answer, based on years of careful study, presented in an engaging, audience-friendly style....

On June 4th, 2019, country music singer Granger Smith was enjoying a final evening with his kids before heading to Nashville for the CMT Music Awards and his next tour....

If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients....

In Divine Disruption, Dr. Tony Evans and his children pull back the curtain on their faith-shaking experiences, in order to provide biblical wisdom and practical encouragement for how to deal with the hard, unexpected things we all inevitably face....

For years, Christians have been asking, "If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?" It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven....

When four-year-old Colton Burpo emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven, his family doesn’t know what to believe. Heaven Is for Real details what Colton saw and his family’s journey....

The Deepest Place by award-winning author Curt Thompson shows us how it's not through the absence of grief but in the presence of it that we discover the joy of vulnerable community and a deeper sense of God's abundant love....

Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God's disapproval....

When David Oliver faced the death of his son Joel, at the age of thirty-eight, following a short and brutal fight with cancer, he set about researching and writing this powerful short book on heaven and committed to write whatever he discovered....

What will heaven be like? Randy Alcorn presents a thoroughly biblical answer....

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment"....

Best-selling author Ann Voskamp hands us a map that makes meaning of life, that shows the way through to the places we’ve only dreamed of reaching, by a way we never expected....

Best-selling author Philip Yancey tackles questions Christians often wonder but seldom ask aloud. In his illuminating exploration, he uncovers true, real, and lasting hope in the midst of your darkness that will produce an even stronger faith than you had before....

Have you ever felt adrift and alone after losing a job, a dream, a loved one, or your sense of purpose in life? Matthew West uses stories and Scripture to encourage you that wherever you are and whatever you’re going through, God is by your side—and nothing can separate you from Him....

With vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible - one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple and ordinary gifts....

What do you do when your world seems to be falling down all around you? When loss is too much to bear? When disappointment becomes your new reality? Pastor Steve Carter is certain you'll find hope and life through these three simple yet profound steps: Grieve. Breathe. Receive....

What will you experience after this life? Over 46 years of in-depth biblical research is compiled in this book that reveals life after a believer dies, and life for the next 1,000 years and beyond.

This book delves into stories from a world without time. Explore an unseen yet existing realm as you expand your understanding of heaven and its inhabitants.

Is there only you? Then join Gayle as she draws on her emotions during the loss of her beloved husband, Chuck, and offers you a compassionate devotional to encourage you through your darkest days....

These days, bad news often outpaces the good. Problems outnumber solutions. You may turn and ask, "Where is God at a time like this?" Friend, he's right here. And he's whispering your name....

Elisabeth Elliot plots the treacherous passage through pain, grief, and loss, a journey most of us will make many times in our life....

An inspirational classic for more than thirty years, Where Is God When It Hurts? honestly explores pain—from physical wounds to emotional and spiritual pain—and sheds new light on God's presence in our suffering.

"I am the descendant of drinkers and drifters better at passing on their love for the bottle than family history...". Prepare yourself for an unvarnished, harrowing look at one Christian's life. A powerful memoir of knowing and being known by God through the pain of loss, tragedy....

Finish Line by acclaimed author and speaker Robert Wolgemuth is a spiritual and practical guide to approaching the end of your life not with confusion but with clarity, inspiring you to live well now, not with fear but with anticipation and joy....

Best-selling author, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to give us this heartfelt and intensely practical book....

We all have a “this” moment. A major struggle in life, a sudden calamity, a burning wound we never could have prepared for. The impact can knock the spiritual wind out of us and leave us sprawled out on the ground—or send us straight to the strength of the Father. Whatever your “this” may be, God can use it to equip you with strength, and He has a plan to lovingly bring you into wholeness. In God Will See You Through This, author and teacher Dr. Jim Garlow humbly journeys alongside you to share twenty-six of the most life-altering lessons he’s learned.

Where is my home? This is the story of a woman who watched “home” slip away again and again—through her parents’ divorce, a foreclosure, two international moves, ten rental homes in ten years, and her mother’s terminal battle with cancer. Add in the challenge of cross-cultural marriage, and Kate Motaung was constantly adapting to a new environment. When home is supposed to be synonymous with love and comfort and safety, unpredictable and unwelcome life events—even the chosen but challenging ones—can shake you to your core. A Place to Land is a globe-spanning memoir that ...

If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients. While social and cultural narratives about grief are dominated by "letting go, moving on, or turning the page" in his nearly decade of service as a chaplain at a major hospital with a designated level one trauma center J.S. understands firsthand how rushing or suppressing grief only adds a suffocating layer of pain on top of the original wound.

Grief is a personal journey that is often filled with unexplained emotions and numberless moments of walking side-by-side with Christ, praying for words, wisdom, and answers. In a candid collection of narratives, stories, and poetry shared to help those struggling with loss, Mark Lanford offers an inspirational glimpse into his sometimes lonely, sometimes supported walk through heart-shattering grief after losing his wife of forty-two years.

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Run to the Father when your world feels like it’s falling apart. Loss affects everyone and at some point everyone will walk through a type of major loss in their lives. It might be through the death of a loved one, or the ending of a relationship, or losing a job, etc. The choices we make in how we deal with loss will have a direct impact on our path and journey in life. In the midst of their crisis, the last thing grieving people need is to be told how they should feel during their process or receive a shallow response to their deepest questions. More than anything, during times of loss,...

Don't Die in the Winter • Are you on the devil's hit list? • Is all hell breaking loose in your life? • Do you wonder if the sun will ever shine again? Don’t Die in the Winter will help you discern spiritual “weather” conditions and help you properly prepare for them. Every season of life brings new changes and new challenges. God uses the bitter, lonely, cold winter season of our life to develop Christlike character in us. Adversity is merely a harbinger of the springtime of blessings to come. Winter does not last forever—be not “weary in well doing: for in due season we ...

Physical suffering can feel a lot like walking through fog. Pain consumes you until you feel lost, unable to feel your way out of the mess. You may even lose sight of God amidst your suffering. But through it all, you are seen, known, and loved. We can be confident that our God is good and He has a plan to redeem our losses. Through the Fog is a six-week journey through the issues surrounding physical suffering, healing, and God’s nature.

Physical suffering can feel a lot like walking through fog. Pain consumes you until you feel lost, unable to feel your way out of the mess. You may even lose sight of God amidst your suffering. But through it all, you are seen, known, and loved. We can be confident that our God is good and He has a plan to redeem our losses. Through the Fog is a six-week journey through the issues surrounding physical suffering, healing, and God’s nature.

Destination: Hope takes you on the journey of a young widow who loses her husband at the age of 27 while five months pregnant with three young children. It also captures her grief, trauma, and brokenness, and her transformation to becoming whole. It takes you from Day 1 of the sting of widowhood to Day 31 of discovering a new hope in Jesus. Losing someone very dear to you can be traumatizing, which comes with its own negative impact on one’s mental state. Therefore, the author invites you, and anyone else struggling with grief, on this candid heartfelt journey to share in her experiences ...

Life is full of love, but it is also full of loss. Like paper cuts to the heart, every big and seemingly insignificant loss—the loss of friendships, faith, dreams, health, community, and everything in between—grieves us more than we think it will, and often more than we let on. Why? Because they matter. In this compassionate and deeply personal book, Rachel Marie Kang invites you to see and be seen in the midst of your sorrow, your suffering—your story.

Sometimes, our will and desires does not always align with that of God. When we say a prayer and ask for His Will to be done, are truly ready to accept His Will or do we flee at the slightest detour that He may lead us toward? Keyanna thought she finally had overcome all her struggles in life and was finally emerging into her purpose. Little did she know that heaven had other plans for her. A beautiful lady who has a heart of gold and a very forgiving spirit finds herself once again along the path of pain, infidelity, grief and so much more. Will she able to overcome these challenges?

After the sudden loss of his father a son recalls a trip they had planned to make together. A trip to his father's homeland of Iceland some fifty years after he had left. In the midst of his grieving the son decides to set out upon the journey alone in order to honor his father's memory. To set out upon a pilgrimage to Iceland. Based on an actual journal account this true story features many photos. A unique combination of personal, philosophical, and spiritual reflection this book's sense of immediacy and wonder seeks to literally bring the reader along on the adventure, while its sense of...

2019 Illumination Book Awards Bronze Medal Winner. In this small but powerful book, spiritual director Larry Warner thoughtfully and sacrificially opens his soul, gently bringing the reader along on a journey through grief. His story is unique to him, but many of the emotions he suffered and the insights he gained are universal. This book is divided into two sections: a helpful comfort for the grieving, and a guide for those who choose to travel with them. Part One is an explicit, honest description of the abyss that is grief. This section helps to normalize the unprecedented and ...

You may have experienced the death of loved ones. Now you have questions: • Are they okay? • Are they themselves? • What are they doing? • Will they know you when you get to heaven? • Do you share a connection between heaven and earth? • How can you be sure to join them? And what about Judgment Day--and hell? What Happens When You Die seeks God's answers to those important questions. Does the Bible help you to understand the afterlife? Did Jesus offer any information about this crucial topic? Read and discover answers to your most important questions about the afterlife in "What...