{"product_id":"the-unwanted-gift-of-grief-a-ministry-approach-paperback-1","title":"The Unwanted Gift of Grief: A Ministry Approach - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim P. Van Duivendyk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn how to embrace the painful gift of grief and use it for transformation and healing as you journey through the wilderness to a promised life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Unwanted Gift of Grief is a passionate, practical guide through the grieving process for those who have suffered loss--and those who suffer with them. Rather than talking people out of their grief and pain as a way to make them feel better, this unique book invites them into the grief and pain as a way to healing, transformation and hope. Using real and in-depth ministry and counseling conversations, it identifies the journey through the wilderness of grief. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful book is equally valuable as a gift from a minister to a grieving person, as a professional guide for ministers and counselors, and as a training tool for lay ministers and congregation members. Built on the ministry concept of \"sojourning,\" The Unwanted Gift of Grief offers guidelines to be used in helping people in their journey through the adjustment period that follows a loss, a time that may include the darkness of disbelief, frustration, anger, sadness, depression, and healing light as they make their way through the wilderness of grief. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopics examined in The Unwanted Gift of Grief include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e grief as gratitude and gift\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e how family and culture can affect grieving\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e different pathways through grief\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e everyone grieves differently\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e sudden loss, slow losing, rejection and suicide\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e identifying the agony and characteristics of depression\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e grief factors that affect marriage and sexuality\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e saying \"Yes\" to death\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e factors of faith, science and miracles\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the labor and contractions of dying and death\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the hope for healing and cure\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e how to help: the Sojourner's Process Guide\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the Grief Date: A Guide for Couples\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e fifty ways to make it through the wilderness\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e and much more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe Unwanted Gift of Grief is an essential resource for anyone lost in the wilderness of loss and grief, and for professionals, lay ministers, family, and friends who care for them.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.36 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589483827296,"sku":"9780789029508","price":71.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/aUxrWDA4YTRPVFBacHBNSjAyZUZCZz09.webp?v=1771314935","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unwanted-gift-of-grief-a-ministry-approach-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}