comforting
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Adult non-fictionOn comforting suffering Christians
Christians are called to mourn with those who mourn. How can this be done well, when a comforter’s experiences differ vastly in type and degree…
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Adult biographiesOnly When It’s Dark Can We See the Stars: a father’s journal as his son battles cancer
by John van Popta 2022, 194 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Why Lord? That’s the question 12-year-old Julian van Popta, his parents, and his siblings had to…
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TheologyMike Ditka and Abraham Lincoln’s temporary comfort
Pithy bits of folks wisdom are everywhere – kitchen counters, business meeting room walls, even email tag lines display sayings like “Everything in moderation, and…
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Soup and BunsFinding the right words: use what you’ve received
During the Spring of 2004 my husband Dennis lay in the Intensive Care Unit at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. Surgery had led to his…
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Adult non-fictionWhat Grieving People Wish You Knew about what really helps (and what really hurts)
We have all struggled with what to say to someone who has lost a loved one. Whether it be at the funeral, waiting to give…