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"Tackling one of life's great mysteries, Rabbi Ben Kamin examines the diverse ways we mourn the death of a loved one. Drawn from his fort-plus years of counseling the bereaved, Kamin shares stories filled with people from all walks of life to provide thoughtful insights on how we encounter and endure grief. Using his own experience of the heartbreaking loss of his father, he stresses the importance of not deferring the process of grieving at the risk...
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The Alchemy of Happiness was written by Al-Ghazzali- a Persian theologian and philosopher. Upon its release, 'The Alchemy of Happiness' allowed Al Ghazzali to considerably reduce the tensions between the scholars and mystics. It thus, offers many insights into traditional Muslim society.
'The Alchemy of Happiness' emphasized the importance of observing the ritual requirements of Islam, the actions that would lead to salvation, and avoidance of sin....
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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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Life can often be brutal, unjust, and fraught with emotional trauma. As a first responder chaplain for over 23 years, Nick Vleisides has experienced countless scenes of unbearable grief and pain. When asking the brokenhearted, "Do you have a faith to help you through?" the response in some form is almost always, "Well, we used to go to church."
Blending first-hand accounts of tragedy with opportunity for raw self-examination and reflection, Vleisides...
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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...
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This is the stuff they don't teach you in seminary. Here are raw, real-life situations pastoral caregivers may face, especially in working with people facing terminal or life-limiting illnesses. Nearing the end of one's life often results in an existential crisis of faith. Dr. Pounders helps us to understand that death is not a medical problem to be fixed, but a spiritual journey to be resolved. Palliare can be a useful guide for seminarians, chaplains,...
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To be honest, at this point only two things interest me: my oncologist's advice and if you can teach me to pray.
So began a two-year correspondence between a medical doctor who became a priest, Benedictine monk, and now prior of Montserrat-the monastery that is a spiritual, cultural, historical, and environmental icon in Catalonia-and an accomplished and beloved cardiologist, scientist, mentor, daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend with a newly...
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The deeper teachings of yoga state that "We are a soul, and have a body," but how do yogis respond when confronted with death-with their own time of passing?
In Transitioning in Grace (based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi), Nalini Graeber presents true accounts of how longtime yogis and meditators have left their bodies. Some struggled with pain or illness. Others passed suddenly or unexpectedly....
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For most people, the birth of a baby is sign that life goes on, and that God is still in love with creation. What does it mean that women lose babies every day, even when they are past the "safety" of the first trimester?
Broken Butterflies is a true story of a woman who was on the road to becoming a religious sister, only to learn more about God in her journey to becoming a mother. Rina Kenney has written a deeply personal story of a common yet...
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In a material, dog-eat-dog world where pain and suffering exist and where only the fittest survive, how and why did selfless love appear? How did love become one of the most basic necessities of human life? What exactly is love anyway? Is the existence--and necessity--of selfless love evidence that we really were created in the image of a loving God?
What if love was God's fingerprint on our world and in our lives?
What if love was the proof that...
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"Why God?" Everyday this question is uttered in sorrow, bewilderment, or anger. This cry is the problem of suffering. It is also known as the problem of evil. It asks why a good, all-powerful God allows evil and pain. Theodicy is the name of the theological responses that seek to defend God against charges of unfairness.
Traditional theodicies have been accused of intensifying the problem by claiming that God is justified in allowing evil because...
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Jim Loch's wife, Linda was diagnosed with cancer in February 2009. "Treatable and clear by Christmas" was the surgeon's assessment.
During the period of her illness, the couple's love for each other and their faith in God was severely tested.
In this moving tribute to his wife's courage, Jim gives the reader an insight to the toughest time of the couple's life together and how, despite all the trials they faced, their bonds of love and faith were...
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Le mot "âme" se dit en grec antique "psyché", ce qui signifie aussi "papillon", symbole par excellence de l'immortalité. Un vieux proverbe dit que lorsque les yeux de l'ignorant voient la mort de la chenille, l'esprit du sage contemple la naissance du papillon. Épictète, l'un des plus grands représentants du stoïcisme, réduit toutes les interrogations philosophiques à une seule et même source : la crainte de la mort. : « As-tu bien dans...
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At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers...
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When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dramatically changed his ideas about death and the hereafter. In Night Comes Allison wrestles with a number of difficult questions concerning the last things - such questions as What happens to us after we die? and Why does death so often frighten us?
Armed with his acknowledged scholarly expertise, Allison offers an engaging, personal exploration of...
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The devastation of losing a child never quite goes away.
No matter how many years separate us from the tragedy, the heartache always looms, often returning in waves, to crush and paralyze us once more. Yet, at some point in the sustained, nightmare of grappling with the sense of pointlessness that accompanies inconsolable grief, something seems to click faintly, inside, ever so slowly, and at first with great hesitation, we seem to stumble on a source...
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«Les portes de l'église s'entrebâillaient et trompaient le jour cristallisé par celui de l'air cru et de l'astre jaune dardant les goudrons. Une languette énorme lécha l'allée centrale du temple, inondant les bancs, touchant l'autel en enflammant la croix. Le cercueil sur son chevalet sembla en cales sèches, tel un petit berceau refermé contre les intempéries et cloué au-dessus d'un visage. Il parut ne rien peser lorsqu'on l'emporta, encore...
19) A One-Sided Coin
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"I have made you, I will carry you, I will sustain you and I will rescue you." Jim Metcalf heard these words as a soft whisper in the months after his wife's death. Jim and Sandy met and fell in love at the age of fourteen, beginning sixty-three inseparable years as a two-sided coin. After fifty-five years of marriage Sandy received a diagnosis of inoperable brain cancer which took her life within two weeks. Shocked and angry, Jim felt unable...
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What is normal in the array of emotions and reactions when death occurs?
As a medium, Deb Sheppard understands grief, death, and healing as she helps others through their process. It didn't come as easily, when the loss was her own. Her ability to connect with the afterlife didn't stop her from being human. She was stunned, and she hurt-just as you felt when death crossed your path.
The reality is you can't prepare, but being aware of the things that...
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