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