Chronicle of Grief (eBook)

Finding Life After Traumatic Loss

Mel Lawrenz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
InterVarsity Press (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3922-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award 'Eva not breathing. Pray.' That text message was Mel Lawrenz's entry into the harsh reality of losing his thirty-year-old daughter. Things would never be the same. How could he and his family cope with this devastating loss? In this narrative of grief, Pastor Mel Lawrenz chronicles how his family struggled to survive the sudden death of their beloved daughter. In raw, vivid episodes, he describes the immediacy of the pain and the uncertainty of what comes next. In the agony of traumatic loss, Lawrenz apprehends the realities of love and life and offers insights on how to navigate our life priorities before or after tragedy hits. You are not alone. You too can find a way forward.

Mel Lawrenz trains an international network of Christian leaders, ministry pioneers, and thought leaders through the Brook Network. He served as senior pastor of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, for ten years and now serves as Elmbrook's minister at large, teaching in North America, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He holds a PhD in the history of Christian thought from Marquette University. His books include Spiritual Leadership Today and Life After Grief.

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Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award"e;Eva not breathing. Pray."e;That text message was Mel Lawrenz's entry into the harsh reality of losing his thirty-year-old daughter. Things would never be the same. How could he and his family cope with this devastating loss?In this narrative of grief, Pastor Mel Lawrenz chronicles how his family struggled to survive the sudden death of their beloved daughter. In raw, vivid episodes, he describes the immediacy of the pain and the uncertainty of what comes next. In the agony of traumatic loss, Lawrenz apprehends the realities of love and life and offers insights on how to navigate our life priorities before or after tragedy hits. You are not alone. You too can find a way forward.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.7.2020
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Schlagworte: Bereavement • Child Death • christian grief • Christian grieving • Christian memoir • Christian memoir of grief • complicated grief • Grief • grieve • hope in grief • losing a child • Losing a loved one • Loss • Loss of a child • loss of a loved one • Memoir • memoir death of a child • memoir of grief • memoir of loss • stages of grief • sudden death of a child • Trauma • traumatic loss • unexpected death
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-3922-4 / 0830839224
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3922-3 / 9780830839223