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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10
INTRODUCTION 13
1 WHEN SHADOWS FALL 24
Walking through the valley of grief and loss
2 LIVING WITH A SQUATTER 57
The unwanted and unwelcomed nature of grief and loss and why it feels so alien to us
3 STOP ALL THE CLOCKS 78
We want the world to notice our sorrow and how we cope with the fact that it doesn’t
4 A JUMBLED JOURNEY 105
The chaos of grief and loss and how we navigate the unpredictability
5 THE SAP WILL RISE 140
Grief and loss are part of being human and how we learn to live in the seasons of life
6 HOLDING HANDS 180
Learning to have a different grip through grief and loss
7 THE CADENCE OF LOSS 193
Learning to celebrate the symphony of life in both the major and the minor keys
8 GOOD GRIEF 213
Learning to walk through sorrow and loss with Jesus
9 THE GOD WHO DOESN’T COME TO US, YET IS ALWAYS THERE 226
Making sense of God’s absence in the midst of our grief and loss
10 REDEEMING OUR SORROW 243
The gift of grief and why it helps us
11 HOPE’S HEARTBEAT 261
The resurrection of Lazarus and why death does not have the last word
12 DEATH’S DEFEAT AND SHARED SORROW 276
Giving God our grief and loss
13 GOD WINS 287
The Christian story does not remove our grief and loss immediately, but it does transfigure them eternally
14 GOD IS ENOUGH 299
The painful lesson of grief and its power to reorder our lives
NOTES 305
TEXT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 331
