A grace disguised : how the soul grows through loss / Jerry Sittser.
Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, ©2004.Edition: Expanded edDescription: 224 pages ; 19 cmISBN:- 0310258952
- 9780310258957
- 0310266149
- 9780310266143
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | Bishopdale Theological College | BV4509.3 SIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42277552 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214).
The end and the beginning -- Whose loss is worse? -- Darkness closes in -- The silent scream of pain -- Sailing on a sea of nothingness -- The amputation of the familiar self -- A sudden halt to business as usual -- The terror of randomness -- Why not me? -- Forgive and remember -- The absence of God -- Life has the final word -- A community of brokenness -- The cloud of witnesses -- Heritage in a graveyard.
An expanded edition of this classic book on grief and loss--with a new preface and epilogue Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know as well the grace that transforms it. A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of sorrow, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life--one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.