Bibliograph

The blessing of sorrow, turning grief into healing, Ben Kamin

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The blessing of sorrow, turning grief into healing, Ben Kamin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blessing of sorrow

Oclc number

294961

Responsibility statement

Ben Kamin

Sub title

turning grief into healing

Summary

Tackling one of life's greatest mysteries, Rabbi Ben Kamin examines the diverse ways we mourn the death of a loved one

Table Of Contents

Introduction: do not defer your sorrow -- Grief is personal : is there any one way to grieve? -- The stages of grief : what do the dying teach us about life? -- Honoring a loved one : what to do, what to say, at a time of grief -- How grief can complicate one's life : what should i do in the days after the funeral? -- Channeling your grief : what should I do in the first year after a death? -- Necessary business : what does the funeral director think, say, and do? -- Prayerful communication : are there conversations with the dead? -- Moving forward : how does grief grow us and can there be relief in death? -- Faith and hope : because every soul takes its own journey -- Afterword

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