Family & Relationships : Death, Grief, Bereavement

Plenty of books explore the emotions of coping with grief and a loved one’s death. But as psychologist Carol Wogrin has observed, there is little advice for those at a loss for words witnessing the process of dying. Matters of Life and Death discusses the importance of communicating with the terminally ill both through talking and nonverbal expression and offers suggestions for what to say to offer comfort, both emotional and physical. more...

Price: $15.00

What seems like closure might be something more, as Catherine Russell shows us in this book about death in narrative cinema since the 1950s. Analyzing the structural importance of death in narrative endings, as well as the thematics of loss and redemption, Russell identifies mortality as a valuable critical tool for understanding the cinema of the second half of the twentieth century. Her work includes close textual readings of films by Fritz Lang, Wim Wenders, Oshima Nagisa, Jean-Luc Godard, and Robert Altman, among others. more...

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Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. In 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi into their lives. Six years later, his wife and son persuaded him to adopt a dog from the local shelter, a Spaniel mix. It turned out he was older than originally thought, and he was the most beautiful dog they'd ever seen. They named him Sprite. Their lives would never be the same. more...

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A number of books are available to assist lay people in responding to friends and family when a death occurs; however, few resources and little guidance exists to help pastors respond to the various grief situations they encounter in their ministry. Standing in the Circle of Grief offers new, as well as veteran, pastors a book of worship resources for occasions of grief . The book will include prayers and liturgies for particular grief related circumstances (i.e., suicide, death of a parent, death of an infant, etc.), as well as advice for pastors on what to say and do when dealing with the family. more...

Price: $9.00