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What if someone I know is contemplating suicide?
The suicide rate in the U.S. has gone up again. The increase has now raised the nation’s suicide rate to 13 per 100,000 people, the highest since 1986. So how should the church respond?
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Suicide and hope
The Gospel brings hope that changes hearts and saves lives. Lutherans For Life’s Word of Hope Director, Deaconess Chrissie Gillet, PsyD, outlines for us the strategy of HOPE you can apply when someone you know has suicidal thoughts.
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Surviving a Child's Suicide
How does a parent recover and move on from the tragedy of their child committing suicide? Even though six years have passed, I can still clearly picture the tragic evening. My fingers clicked on the laptop keyboard as my 14-year-old daughter walked into the room.
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The Truth about Acceptance after a Suicide
This article from Grace Alliance discusses how acceptance of a loved one’s death by suicide is an integral part of a journey toward healing from the loss and for overall mental well-being. Learn five truths about acceptance which can help move you forward.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to Lament
Easy-to-use resource that helps you cry out to God when you are in pain. Also available in Spanish.
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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.
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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.