Books

Crisis Manual for Christian Schools and Youth Workers: How to Prepare for and Handle Tragedy As a high school counselor, author Sandy Austin has faced tragedy ranging from the shootings at Columbine High School to four suicides at the Colorado high school where she works. Austin uses her experience and expertise to give youth workers step-by-step instruction on how to plan ahead and handle tragedy should the need arise.
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Facing a World in Crisis: What Life Teaches Us in Challenging Times
J. Krishnamurti, religious teacher, often taught his students to look at the state of the world, with all its violence and conflict, to understand themselves. “Facing a World in Crisis “ presents a selection of talks by Krishnamurti on how to live in and respond to troubling and uncertain times with a message of personal responsibility and the importance of connecting with the broader world.
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Breaking & Mending Struggling to make sense of her own painful divorce, The Upper Room’s managing editor Mary Lou Redding, looked to the Bible where she found guidance and hope. Redding looks at the spiritual issues of divorce rather than the sociological ones, and allows the scriptures to illuminate and heal this difficult transition.
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When the World Breaks Your Heart: Spiritual Ways of Living with Tragedy Using his experience as a National Guard chaplain Gregory S. Clapper ministered to those involved in the United Flight 232 Sioux City, Iowa, disaster. Clapper offers hope for living with tragedy offering consolation through a confident statement of faith. www.upperroom.org

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Healing after personal loss

Exploring The Sacred in Death and Dying Does the end of life bring nothing but pain, disappointment and loss? Viewers learn how to talk to a dying person and those in grief; how to say goodbye; how to be present to the dying and the grieving and how to trust our own instincts.

Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide Suicide devastates families for many years and family survivors are at greater risk of suicide themselves. Family survivors reveal their intimate stories and aching pains to assist other survivors and the broader community understand the unique grief of suicide.

Helping Others Through Loss Watch a family friend, a pastor, and a school counselor help a grieving family cope after the loss of their teenage daughter in an alcohol-related car accident. Learn four characteristics of effective helpers and discover six ways that you can sensitively support and encourage others in grief.

Helping Children Grieve Few events in a child’s life can affect them as greatly as the death of a loved one. This DVD offers helpful information to adults (parents, caregivers, professionals) on how to help children of all ages grieve with hope and heart.

Shattered Dreams: Healing after Divorce Those who have experienced the pain of divorce have suffered a loss. You will meet persons who have suffered the pain of divorce, have walked through a recovery process, and have found healing and hope.

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People Dr. Harold S. Kushner’s findings offer practical, faith-based answers which can provide relief to those who face suffering due to the death of a loved one, divorce, illness, job loss and more.

Healing through Loss Recovery can be slow and painful, and helping those who have lost can be intimidating. The “Windows” series teaches the way to deal with grief and provides a model for helping others in grief.

Crisis Care: Hope for the Hurting Join Dr. H. Norman Wright and other Christian counselors help those in caring ministry understand different crises and what to say and do to minister to those needs.

God’s Answers To Life’s Difficult Questions How does God provide direction to the common issues that we face? Author Rick Warren takes you inside the Bible to discover answers to six of life’s toughest questions.

Creating Caring Congregations This ecumenical resource decreases the stigma associated with mental illness and increases church member’s awareness of the need to develop mental health programs and ministries in the local church.

Leading Griefshare Effectively Griefshare equips your church for an effective grief ministry. It is a powerful community outreach tool for your church. The biblical approach helps your church minister to the hurt as it models Christ.

God, Why?: Teachings from the Tsunamis Feelings of grief and a loss of spiritual compass are common when natural disasters strike. This resource helps people of faith through myriad emotions to understand God’s activity when natural disasters happen.

How to Rebuild your Broken World Lives today are filled with pain - stress, pressure, unfortunate circumstances or even bad decisions, or a world that is falling apart. This Chip Ingram series is designed to help you begin where you are and rebuild your broken world.

A Place Prepared For children, death seems unreal and at a distance, until it comes to someone close.This video helps you talk with children about death and heaven and to prepare them for the inevitable losses they will experience throughout their lives.