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Christian death and grief
death and grief
Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton
end of life care
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grief
handling grief
handling major losses
loss
love and loss
new beginnings
spiritual practice
spirituality
The Losses of Our Lives
The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss
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- ISBN 9781683364009
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Find hope and renewal in life's natural cycle of ordinary losses and new beginnings.
"When we intentionally enter into our everyday walk through small losses, the terrain of larger losses, the valley of the shadow of death, is not totally unknown. It is not completely unfamiliar, alien, terrifying, for we have walked some of this way before with our lesser losses. We can journey through this valley of loss, for journey through it we must. And we can emerge markedly changed, but alive, on the other side."
—from the Prologue
Going beyond loss as a problem to be resolved, a grief to be worked through, Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton, a spiritual director and ordained clergywoman, reframes loss from the perspective that our everyday losses help us learn what we need to handle the major losses. Weaving in spiritual and classical themes, personal and scriptural story, Dr. Copeland-Payton shows us that by becoming aware of what our lesser losses have to teach us, the larger losses of our lives become less terrifying. Each chapter includes a spiritual practice and questions for reflection to help you:
Mine the hidden depths of painful losses of things and places
Traverse the devastating loss of relationships and the heart-wrenching death of people we love.
Overcome the steep, dark slopes of loss of beliefs and faith.
Venture past our fear of the losses of aging and our own death.
Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton is a spiritual director and ordained clergywoman in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is author of The Losses of Our Lives: The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss. A pastor, hospital chaplain and physician who practiced medicine for twenty years, she now leads retreats at church centers, monasteries and with church groups to help people explore their experiences of loss.
