By Jerry Sittser

Loss in life is inevitable, but it’s possible to harness the hardship of loss and turn it into a positive event in your life. Author Jerry Sittser explores painful events like divorce, death and illness and shows that it’s not the circumstances we find ourselves in at these points of loss, but how we respond to them that widens our spiritual capacity to experience blessing and growth in the midst of grief.

By Randy Becton

People who are mourning the loss of a dear friend or beloved family member often feel alone. And those who want to comfort them can feel inadequate and at a loss for words. In Everyday Comfort, grievers will find thirty daily devotions to help them through their heartache. Respecting the griever’s anguish and emotional turmoil, these devotions avoid platitudes and offer genuine empathy and wisdom. Subjects like recovery, facing death, normal grief and abnormal grief, and using the psalms daily will help those who grieve examine the path through despair and take the next steps toward living life again.

By Randy Becton

* As a cancer survivor, Becton knows firsthand the disease’s attack on the human soul. Patients and caregivers will find these 33 meditations on topics such as depression, anger, fear, and loneliness an encouraging guide toward spiritual and mental wellness in the face of physical illness. Filled with prayers, Scriptures, and uplifting thoughts for each day. 160 pages, softcover from Baker.

By Carol Winters

Carol winters has lived with cancer for six years. In this frank and personal memoir, she provides insight and comfort to the seriously ill and their loved ones.

By Kathe Wunnenberg

Grieving the Child I Never Knew offers comfort and the reassurance of God’s presence as you grieve the loss of a child you never got to know. If you’ve lost a child through miscarriage, tubal pregancy, stillbirth, or early infant death, this devotional will encourage you along your healing journey. Each chapter includes a journaling exercise. Hardcover.

By Debbie Heydrick

While there are many books that address the issue of grieving the loss of a child, this book stands alone by inviting the parents to express their emotions in an interactive way with what they are reading. This book will not only honor and validate the very real loss of a baby lost through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death, but it will also provide parents a way to get through the loss with help from Scripture, encouraging quotes, soothing art work, space for journaling, and a very gentle tone that says, “Your baby and your loss are very significant.” The keepsake book provides a place to write one’s personal story of loss and “love letters” to the child, and includes a list of loss support resources and practical ideas for treasuring memories of the child.