by Bridgehaven Team | Nov 30, 2012 | Grief & Loss
Caring for a friend facing a significant loss is something that we (as friends and church members) often start well. We bring meals and try to make sure the mundane burdens (like mowing the grass) are handled. But too often this ends after a couple of weeks, and when...
by Neale Davis | Nov 29, 2012 | Disappointment, Grief & Loss, Marriage, Miscarriage, Suffering
Bill & Connie were devastated by the miscarriage on their first pregnancy. It was especially hard sense their closest friends were pregnant at the same time. In fact, the loss was devastating to both of them. But now that Connie was pregnant again the painful...
by Bridgehaven Team | Nov 28, 2012 | Anger, Suffering
“Do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence”—Priest In one of my favorite movies the Count of Monte Cristo the aged and dying cellmate and mentor Priest, of hero and protagonist Edmund Dantes played by Jim Cavaziel (Jesus in Passion of the Christ),...
by Brad Hambrick | Nov 23, 2012 | Death, Grief & Loss, Miscarriage, Suffering, Trauma
Below is an evaluation to help you see (acknowledge) how you are doing with the different challenging experiences that grief brings. At this stage in the journey, it is tempting to begin comparing your loss with others. Inevitably, we begin to think, “Others have it...
by Brad Hambrick | Nov 15, 2012 | Death, Grief & Loss, Miscarriage, Suffering, Trauma
Grief is more than sadness. It is losing someone or something that was a part of you and then trying to answer, “Who am I now?” If we love, we will grieve. If we want to love one-another well, we must know how to offer care during times of grief. The goal...
