Winter Grief, Summer Grace: Returning to Life after a Loved One Dies

by James E. Miller

Overview

Grieving the death of a loved one is an experience with many seasons and stages. Winter Grief, Summer Grace helps readers navigate the phases of emotion through the four seasons of the year: autumn, winter, spring, and summer. With comforting quotes, poetry, and suggestions for each season, author James E. Miller provides gentle guidance and comfort for those who mourn, with the assurance that God walks alongside them. Readers may start at the beginning of the book, or with whatever season they find themselves in or relate to most. No matter what page of this book they open to, those walking the path of grief will find comfort and encouragement there.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506494456
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	01/02/2024
Pages:	93
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

James E. Miller is a minister, grief counselor, retreat and workshop leader, photographer, video producer, and the author of Augsburg Fortress's Willowgreen Series and A Little Book for Preachers. An acclaimed writer and photographer, Miller helps people deal effectively with life's momentous transitions. His messages relate to inspiration, grief, caregiving, and tending that which is sacred.

Editorial Reviews

Miller has combined his own photographs with meditations, poetry selections, scripture, spiritual exercises and quotations from such varied sources as Brother Lawrence and Gaelic prayers to create a roadway through the grief that comes from a loved one's death. His compilation will be a helpful companion or tool for those mourning the anticipated death of a parent, the peaceful passing of a spouse of many years or of an old and trusted friend. There is nothing here, however, that addresses the stunning vacuum left by an abrupt and untimely death of a child or the agony of coping with violent death. Anyone living in that real world will find this collection far too saccharine and far too easy. (Oct.)

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