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"When his eight-year-old son died suddenly from a fast-moving blood infection, Brady heard the typical platitudes about accepting God's will and knew that quiet acceptance was not the only godly way to grieve. With deep faith, knowledge of Scripture, and the wisdom that comes only from experience, Brady guides readers grieving losses and setbacks of all kinds in voicing their lament to God, reflecting on the nature of human existence, and persevering...
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Nadie nace preparado para morir y muy pocas son las personas que finalmente realizan una adecuada preparación. Somos una sociedad que vive de espaldas a la muerte por puro terror. Rehuimos hablar de ella, nos prohibimos reflexionar sobre ella y negamos por sistema su existencia, por si, de esta manera, logramos evitarla.
Asumámoslo, nacemos, crecemos, asistimos a un sinfín de sitios por compromiso a los que no queremos ir, algunos insensatos nos...
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The death of a child immerses parents into a life-long challenge of living with one of life's most heartbreaking losses. Pilgrimage through Loss tells the story of one family's journey, along with interviews from thirty other mothers and fathers who add their voices to the silences that often surround suffering in our 'mourning-avoidant' culture. Hunt illuminates the varied pathways parents eventually discover that open their lives to strength and...
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Grief is a natural response to loss. It might be the loss of a loved one, relationship, pregnancy, pet, job, or way of life. Other experiences of loss may be due to children leaving home, infertility, and separation from friends and family. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief is likely to be.Grief is expressed in many ways. It can affect every part of your life; your emotions, thoughts and behavior, beliefs, physical health,...
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PTSD is now a well known malady, generally brought about by experiencing a traumatic event or events. During the time of the Vietnam war, this phenomenon was poorly understood, and often misinterpreted. As a result, many of the soldiers who suffered from this were often classed as malingerers, cowards, or once back in civilian life, were treated as if they were simply mentally ill, crazy. Mental illness was still stigmatized in those days, so that...
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By exploring the ethics of resisting and accepting death from a Christian perspective, Nancy Duff encourages Christians to talk about death in the context of Christian faith. Making Faithful Decisions at the End of Life helps readers use biblical and theological perspectives regarding death to inform end-of-life decisions, consider where they stand on withdrawing life support and supporting death with dignity laws, and take steps in planning for their...
7) A New Dawn
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Within the tender pages of 'A New Dawn,' find solace and comfort. This poignant collection of poems and inspirational quotes is a beacon of light for those treading the difficult path of grief and loss. Offering a heartfelt embrace to those who seek sol
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From one of our most gifted writers and thinkers about death and the meaning of living comes a collection of writings about what comes next. Thomas Lynch, funeral director, poet, and author of the National Book Award finalist The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, has an uncanny knack for writing about death in ways that are never morbid, always thoughtful, often humorous, and quite moving. From his account of riding in the hearse at...
9) Dark Unmask
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The rawness of reality, captured and immortalized through words. A literary landscape filled with poems that drip with emotion, storytelling that weaves intricate tales, short stories that transport you to new worlds, quotes that leave you pondering, and riddles that challenge your mind. This is a place where words are the currency, and emotions are the currency exchange. Where the power of language meets the depths of human experience.
10) Dark Mirror
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A collection of light and dark writings, poems that span the spectrum from uplifting to harrowing. Each verse holds a unique power, whether it be for good or for ill. Some words will inspire and uplift, while others may chill the heart and stir uneasy feelings. Together, they create a balance, showcasing the beauty and darkness that exists within our world.
11) Dark Essence
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The words on the page seemed to pulsate with both life and death, each poem teeming with raw emotion. The pages were like a kaleidoscope of human experience, one poem bursting with vitality while the next dripped with sorrow. Sun and moon motifs adorned the covers, representing the constant duality of light and darkness in these verses. Each line was a brushstroke, painting a vivid picture of what it means to live and die, to be alive and unliving....
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The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director-what Time magazine called a "must read"-reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with the poignancy and brevity of When Breath Becomes Air.
We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as...
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Life is eating you up and spitting you out. The apex predators are everywhere. The pressure is rising. Can you cope? Predatory capitalism is consuming you from the outside, while your personal demons are eating you from the inside. Will they meet in the middle? Nietzsche said, "In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose." What's it to be? Will you devour life, or will you allow it to devour you? You need to...
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As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God's power or God's nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God - if such exists - allow such suffering?
In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless...
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The stunning, startling collection that is also the last work from a major poet
A woman named Mildred starts laying eggs after feathers from wild poultry begin coming down the chimney. A man becomes friends with a bank robber who abducts him and eventually rues his captor's death. A baby is born transparent.
James Tate's work, filled with unexpected turns and deadpan exaggeration, "fanciful and grave, mundane and transcendent," (New York Times)...
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Ces poèmes, écrits entre l'adolescence et la jeune vie d'adulte de l'auteur, sont le reflet d'un être parfois ambivalent qui exprime ses émotions, sentiments, souffrances et rêves pour renforcer sa volonté de vivre. Dans ce recueil, qui est une métaphore de sa propre vie, les vers et les rimes servent à dénoncer des injustices, à raconter des expériences vécues ou à s'évader dans un imaginaire empreint d'intimité.
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In the midst of life's darkest struggles, "Prayers Against Suicide Spirit" shines a beacon of hope and healing. This powerful prayerbook combines spiritual warfare and healing prayers to help individuals overcome the malevolent influence of the suicide spirit.Delving into Christian living, this book equips readers with effective prayers and strategies to combat spiritual attacks and oppressive forces that often lead to suicidal thoughts. It offers...
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"An ideal guidebook to facing the inevitable." Foreword Reviews
After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death, from Egypt's Valley...
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