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We live in a grief-illiterate society. After the death of a child we often hear “there are no words.” But there are words. Oil for Your Lantern offers the newly bereaved, and those who love them, a gentle introduction to life after the death of a child, sharing words when we don’t yet have them ourselves. Oil for Your Lantern is a series of thirty essays written by Elizabeth Brady since the sudden death of her son, Mack, from sepsis in 2012. Elizabeth’s essays move both outward and deeply inward, exploring practical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of mourning a beloved child.

The Undistracted Widow includes sections to help widows find renewed identity and purpose. Cornish helps listeners trust in God, manage emotions, learn from both biblical and contemporary widows, rethink the past, present, and future, and prepare for what’s next.

Written by the author of the Amazon bestseller in Spiritual Self-Help, 'Life After This', this book, 'Knocking on Heaven's Door', is an invitation to explore the mysteries of life, death, and what may lie beyond. When someone you love dies, the world tilts. The silence after their goodbye can feel endless, and the questions—Where are they now? Are they at peace? Will I ever feel whole again?—can feel unbearable. You don’t have to “get over” your loss. You can learn to carry love forward—while rediscovering your own strength and hope.

To hear him tell it, author and pastor Jay Mitlo is a pretty average, down-to-earth guy. This average guy, though, happens to have the most extraordinary story. His message is one of help and encouragement to those who need it most. As a husband, father, coach, youth ministry leader, and pastor, Jay can tell a story from a few more perspectives than most. His family and community, collectively Team Mitlo-One, were cemented together when his son Trey was diagnosed with cancer.

Heaven & Hell: A Mystery No More! is your compass in this spiritual exploration, merging scriptural truths with medically documented Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) to offer hope and fearless anticipation for your eternal future.

Spiritual depression is defined as the prolonged and pervasive numbing, muting, suppressing, or restraining of the joy of the Lord within the life of the Christian. And more and more Christians are besieged with it. Experiencing feelings of doubt, anxiety, or despair can become the norm of our daily lives.

What if one of your biggest fears came true? No one expects to outlive their child, yet it happens. How do you think you would get through? A child dies, and then what? This book began with asking God questions, listening for answers, and wanting to have a better understanding of this hard thing. It contains letters written to God (with responses), journal entries, and letters written by others who wanted to share in the collective struggle of one family's heartbreak, and how they got through. Additional thoughts by the author weaves it all together into a story of hope, of faith, and of love.

In Jesus in 60: Why Does God Allow Suffering?, best-selling author Vic Johnson doesn't offer clichés. Drawing from his own heartbreak after losing his daughter, he walks with you through the real questions—the kind you whisper in the dark when faith feels fragile.

The Ache in the Ordinary: Finding God in Everyday Grief by Phil Allen When life unravels, we expect grief to come knocking. But what about the smaller aches—the quiet disappointments, the losses that don’t come with casseroles or funerals? In The Ache in the Ordinary, hospice chaplain and former pastor Phil Allen invites readers into a gentler, truer way of walking with sorrow. Drawing from decades of ministry and his own seasons of disorientation, Allen explores how lament—the honest expression of pain before God—is not a sign of weak faith but a doorway to deeper intimacy.

The wilderness can be scary—a place full of peril and desolation. And it can feel meaningless. But when we read the Scriptures, the wilderness is also the place God reveals Himself and cares for the people He loves. Pastor Dustin Crowe explores the biblical theme of the wilderness, helping listeners counter the harsh, seemingly hopeless seasons in their lives with hope and courage. The wilderness is often the place where God grows our faith and proves His faithfulness. But to grow, we must be intentional about listening and leaning into His provision.

Read by the author. Find the courage and determination to keep fighting even when life's challenges are heavy and daunting. When life turns up the heat and everything inside of you wants to give up, will you face the flames? Will you keep the faith? Will you keep fighting until God does the...

In this gritty and grace-filled memoir, author Eric M. Schumacher opens his heart about his journey through loss. With honesty, humility, and hope, he puts words to a sorrow many men silently carry yet rarely name. Whether you are a grieving dad, a family member, a friend, or a church leader who wants to care well for fathers after miscarriage, Dads Hurt Too is a compassionate guide. It points beyond clichés to the lasting comfort of Christ, who entered our suffering, bore our sorrows, and promises to make all things new.

In Hopeful Sorrow, Julie Busler shares her journey through childhood trauma, emotional neglect, and grief, showing that turning from childhood wounds to God in hope begins with turning toward them in sorrow. Through the biblical practice of lament–bringing honest pain and questions to God–she demonstrates how acknowledging sorrow can lead to hope, resilience, and renewed faith.

My church was struggling, and I was hurt about that. Why wasn’t God giving me growth? My son was sick, and every seizure was a gut punch. I was hurt about that. Our personal finances were being pummeled by doctor bills, I was physically exhausted from working long hours with too little recovery time, and my most reliable source of replenishment had been taken away. When a person is behind the curve on multiple fronts, it is nearly impossible to be spiritually, physically, or emotionally replenished.

So many people don't understand why they have lost their faith in God. Many have blamed their loss on people who have betrayed their trust. Others have experienced loss because of horribly traumatic events that have devastated them. Still others have tried hard to keep their faith but have become weary in trying to conjure up faith to combat the negative circumstances overwhelming them.

After a divorce and then the sudden death of her second husband, Dawn Sanders discovered a buried treasure in Genesis 1: God's process for creating new life out of chaos. In When Your World Ends, Dawn digs deep into the creation story and unearths a seven-step process by which God brings us out of the void and into new beginnings.

In celebration of Randy Alcorn’s bestselling book Heaven, comes this six-session guide that offers small groups a chance to study, reflect on, and respond to the biblical truths that offer more than just a glimpse of eternity. They give a solid foundation for the hope that every Christian can have. Alcorn’s clear and comprehensive explanation of Scriptures provides the backdrop for the study, which includes time for worship, prayer, and accompanying video sessions (available separately).

I’m eighteen and faced with the most difficult decision of my life: Do I follow my crush to the missionary Bible school of my dreams? Do I go to college with my ex-boyfriend to see if we still have a future? Or do I stay home with my dad who's just been diagnosed with a brain tumor? Pick one door. Close the others. Live with the fallout. This Box of Darkness is a raw coming-of-age memoir about love, loss, and learning to trust God.

In wise and consoling letters written to a mother sorrowing over the death of her child, Fr. François René Blot, S.J., here summons the Church’s greatest saints who testify with one voice that death’s wound, though grievous, separates us but for a short while from those who die before us. Acknowledging that profound sorrow at the death of loved ones is appropriate (after all, even Jesus wept for the death of his friend Lazarus), Fr. Blot nonetheless gives us reason to be joyful even in the midst of our sorrow.

In her early 20’s, Catherine Renfro received a phone call no one should have. In broken hopelessness, her brother, Barrett, called out with despair before taking his own life. She and her father would rush over to his home only to find out that he was no longer with them. Catherine went through a season of grief that hundreds of thousands of people endure every year in America. But even in the midst of anger, suffering, and guilt, she would say that Christ never left her.