Amazing Grace: A Journey Through the Inner Passages of Grief and Loss

"Goodbye" is perhaps the most difficult word to say. One moment our world is safe and loving; the next moment it shatters. When the crushing force of grief hits,we often feel blindsided, devastated, and numb: how do we go on living without a main source of love and security? Where is God in our struggle?Despite our flattened emotions, we live in a society that rushes us "back to normal," making us feel unseen, misunderstood, and isolated. Amazing Grace meets you in your struggle and reassures you that grief is necessary for your healing journey.Written by chaplain and grief specialist Rev. Marvin Jonasen, this compassionate guide draws on a series of real-life stories and years of clinical grief practice that explore the varied circumstances of grief and loss. The book is an accessible resource that guides us through life's challenges by helping us understand there are no simple answers or quick solutions. Instead, this resource points to the mystery inherent in grief and loss and shares how that mystery opens the heart to self-compassion, self-love, and unwavering grace. Grief and loss do not have an endpoint, but you don't have to navigate the inside passages alone. Whatever form your grief takes resulting from your experiences of betrayal or brokenness, this book is your companion in finding and reclaiming joy, wonder, and beauty in places that before seemed impossible.