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Copyright 2008 Herald Press

The book includes Kelly's diary entries, her Christian family's efforts to live as normally as possible, and through it all, her mother's persistent hope, faith, and love. Vividly written.

Everyone feels awkward and hesitant when talking to a recently bereaved person. We don't want to say the wrong thing, or cause the person to become emotional. A Healing Grief is an antidote to this problem. At the end of each chapter is a list of practical advice and tangible suggestions for action that friends and family can take to comfort and show love to the bereaved.

A Healing Grief is the personal memoir and experience of one journey through grief, but can serve as a point of resonance with which to enter your own situation-whether grieving yourself, or supporting someone who is.

Copyright 2002.

Copyright 2006 Herald Press

For prisoners, the Victims' Voice program has given them the change in the healing process for victims' families.

From victimization to compassion...a story of hope. Discussion questions included.

"The death penalty is an act of rage. It is an act of revenge. But we have to remember truly what the death penalty is. The death penalty is...a staged political event."

"If you do forgive it doesn't make you weak. It doesn't make you have any less respect for your loved one that was killed. If anything, it respects their lives more."

Wether you believe the death penalty is the ultimate punishment for murder or taking another's life is always wrong, Bud's story moves the debate over capital punishment from a philosophical discussion to a real-life level. Bud experienced terrible loss, yet opposes the loss of additional lives through the death penalty.

Discussions questions included.

Wangerin describes Elijah, a much-loved and very soft-hearted African American school principal, and his wife Mary, a strong and independent third-grade school teacher. We meet Elijah in his role as a school principal telling a student that he can't give her what she wants, but "I can give her the getting."

When Elijah undergoes surgery, he is told he has cancer and only a short time to live. As he wastes with surprising speed, he tells Pastor Walt, "You and I know what (my wife) needs. I can't give her what she needs, but I can give her the getting'. Pray with me." So Walt prays the Lord's Prayer, one step which leads toward the beginning stages of acceptance, forgiveness, and resolution.

A real life story that will grab your heart. Discussion questions included.

Copyright 2006 Herald Press

The documentary (as shown on ABC-TV) tells riveting stories of persons who have faced anger and forgiveness in the face of violent or wrongful death, near-death from racial injustice, death of ancestors by genocide, and terminal illness.

Stories include: An Enemy Worse than Death-With the abduction and murder of their 13-year-old daughter, Wilma and Cliff Derksen begin the long path through grief toward forgiveness; Hospice Helps-Two families share how LifePath Hospice has helped them cope. Nathaniel, terminally ill, has to handle a deep family rift. The Ortiz family faces unresolved anger from their daughter's death by a drunken driver.; StoryKeepers: A Way to Heal-Susie Risho helps people heal from life's many griefs by telling their stories.; I'll Give You The Getting'-Watler Wangerin, Jr, Lutheran pastor and storyteller, shares the story of a couple facing cancer and how the wife dealth with her anger over her husband's illness.; Turning Hate Into Hope-The shooting of his brother by a white marshal, his own beating, and a bargain with God, led John Perkins to many years of work for social justice.; Forgive, But Remember-Lawerence Hart, a Cheyenne peace chief, tells the story of the Washita Massacre in Oklahoma in 1868 and a time of reconciliation 100 years later.; A Bigger Victim Than Myself-Bud Welch describes his journey from rage and temporary insanity to forgiveness after his 23-year-old daughter died in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

Discussion questions included. Copyright 2001.

Fierce Goodbye is first and foremost a penetrating account of a family dealing with suicide, and offers solid guidance for those who worry about the eternal fate of a loved one. It also provides a reliable and readable summary of Christian thinking about suicide, useful for pastors, counselors, students, and teachers.

Copyright 2004