RESOURCES FOR GRIEF
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Article
To Acknowledge Our Grief is to Acknowledge Our Love
In this article, Scott Stoner reminds us that whenever we acknowledge our grief, we also acknowledge that we have loved and been loved. He discusses how repressing or hiding our grief is detrimental to our mental health and offers some practical advice for how to embrace loss in order to move through grief in a healthy manner. Reflection questions are also provided for personal application of the information presented.
5 Ways to Help People Through Grief
This article shares some best practices for walking alongside the grieving, especially youth.
How to Deal with Grief Using Two Helpful Guidelines
Learning how to deal with grief means that you don’t let it overwhelm you, but also that you don’t shove it away. This article shares how to create a safe space where your pain can be heard, honored, and understood so that you can heal.
GriefShare Holiday Help Center: Articles and Videos to Help You Plan for the Holidays
Practical wisdom for how to get through the holiday season condensed into 3 brief videos and 3 articles.
7 Reactions to Grief Which May Surprise You
This article discusses 7 parts of grief we don't always expect and the importance of turning to God for ultimate comfort and peace.
3 Ways to Help Your Kids Through Grief
One family’s story of helping their children through the loss of siblings.
Living with Healthy Grief
Learn how to deal with the grief that comes from the death of a loved one or from divorce. It includes the stages of grief and provides teens with ideas on how to walk through the process of grief after a loss.
How to Find Peace in Seasons of Grief Field Guide
This free downloadable field guide from Spiritual First Aid provides practical advice, spiritual encouragement, and evidence-based strategies you can put into action right away to help someone struggling with grief after a loss. Topics include: understanding grief, maintaining traditions, seeking support, helping others, and balancing grief and gratitude.
Coping with Grief: 14 Ways to Make a Difficult Day Brighter
This handy one-page tip sheet contains do-able self-care suggestions and inspirational, hope filled messages for people experiencing grief.
Labryrinth of Grief: Living with Awareness of Loss
In this article from Church Health Reader, the author describes her grief experience after the death of her father and mother and explores the metaphor of how the grieving process is like a labyrinth with God at the center.
Study Guide: Grief with No Warning
This free downloadable study guide and corresponding aricle from Living Lutheran magazine helps people reflect on how they can better love and support their Christian sisters and brothers in their grief. It also includes a section for congregations to develop a plan for walking alongside those who are grieving.
How to Lament
Easy-to-use resource that helps you cry out to God when you are in pain. Also available in Spanish.
Podcast
Letting Grief Come to Church
In this episode of Christianity Today's "Suprised by Grief" podcast series, Daniel Harrell and author Clarissa Moll discuss how the diversity of the church’s gifts can provide vital support for grieving people after a loss. They talk about the challenges of pastoring through personal grief, how Jesus meets us uniquely in suffering, and how congregations can grow in their empathetic care for hurting people in their midst.
Toolkits/Guidebooks
Supporting Grieving Students: A Handbook for Teachers and Administrators
A helpful guide for understanding how grief manifests itself in youth and how teachers and administrators can help.
Help for the Journey: A Six-Week Personal Study for Your Journey from Mourning to Joy
This free study from GriefShare guides participants through sections of the Bible that are relevant to the emotions, worries, and questions people often face after the death of a loved one to contribute toward the healing process.