Broken hallelujahs : learning to grieve the big and small losses of life / Beth Allen Slevcove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slevcove, Beth Allen, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Suffering.

Loss (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Loss (Psychology).

Grief--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Grief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The losses in our lives are both big and small. We leave home. We experience physical illness. We struggle with vocation. We may long for a spouse or child. We lose people we love to addiction or death. In this book spiritual director Beth Slevcove offers stories of loss from her own life along with distinctive spiritual practices that can guide us back to God.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part 1: What's Been Lost?; 1 Remembering Eden; Prayer Practice: Childhood Reflections; 2 Longing for Home; Prayer Practice: Images of Home; 3 Love and Disillusionment; Prayer Practice: Opening Clenched Fists; 4 Losing My Strength; Prayer Practice: Take a Bath; 5 Longing for a Child; Prayer Practice: Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday; 6 Losing My Brother; Prayer Practice: Breath Prayer; 7 Losing My Religion; Prayer Practice: Writing a Lament; 8 Falling into Depression; Prayer Practice: Prayer Postures

Part 2: Listening to Our Losses9 Minimizing Our Wounds; Prayer Practice: Holding the Tension; 10 Acknowledging Our Losses; Prayer Practice: Imaginative Prayer; 11 Overcoming Our Obstacles to Grieving; Prayer Practice: The Prayer of the Tantruming Child; 12 Revealing Our Perspectives; Prayer Practice: Prayer of Examen; 13 Fear of Falling; Prayer Practice: The Stations of the Cross; 14 Grieve as We Can, Not as We Can't; Prayer Practice: Evening Prayer with Jimma; 15 Listening to the Shepherd; Prayer Practice: Discerning the Voices; Part 3: Inviting Hope; 16 Discoveries in the Dark

Prayer Practice: Centering Prayer17 Letting the Light In Through Nature and Beauty; Prayer Practice: Nature Walk; 18 Cathartic Creativity; Prayer Practice: Make or Break Something; 19 Feeding Jesus Doughnuts; Prayer Practice: Praying with the Least of These; 20 Sacred Symbols; Prayer Practice: Create a Space of Remembrance; 21 Ritual and Healing; Prayer Practice: Healing Rituals; 22 Getting Up Again; Prayer Practice: Shaking; 23 Letting Go; Prayer Practice: The Parting; 24 Traveling Companions; Prayer Practice: Intentional Conversation; 25 Learning to Float

Prayer Practice: Doing What We Love26 Coming Home to Our Broken Hallelujahs; Acknowledgments; Notes; Praise for Broken Hallelujahs; About the Author; IVP Crescendo; More Titles from InterVarsity Press

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780830899227

0830899227