McEntyre, Marilyn Chandler, 1949-
A long letting go : meditations on losing someone you love / Marilyn McEntyre. - xi, 123 pages ; 22 cm
Preface: The Care We're Called to -- Accompanying -- Setting the House in Order -- Facing Fear -- The Long Letting Go -- A Generous Dying -- A Good Death -- Things of the Spirit -- Hoping Against -- Things Take Time -- Untimely, Unseemly -- Walking the Valley -- Confession -- Blessing -- In a Place Apart -- Readiness -- Release -- Like a Seed -- Consent and Consolation -- Witnessing: Stories of Letting Go -- Mourning -- In It Together -- Gone -- Our Common Lot -- Permission -- Immortal, Inexplicable -- Grief That Keeps Going -- Comfort -- Those Who Mourn -- Like a Leaf -- A Season of Separation -- Words For Keeping Watch -- A Breath Prayer -- One-Line Prayers -- Vigil Affirmations -- The Seventh Week: A Vigil -- A Litany for the Living -- Permissions.
This beautiful volume of reflections by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre is for family members and friends who are doing the life-changing work of accompanying someone on the final stretch of his or her journey. In quiet counterpoint to our hurried lives, A Long Letting Go invites caregivers to slow down for reflection and prayer as they prepare to say good-bye to a beloved friend or family member and grieve that loss. Based on McEntyre's personal and professional experience with the dying, these gentle meditations -- each consisting of a short opening quote, a reflection, and a prayer -- offer comfort, direction, hope, and respite to caregivers during a difficult season of their lives.
9780802873101 0802873103
2015009845
GBB5B5406 bnb
017505890 Uk
Caregivers--Religious life--Meditations.
Loss (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity--Meditations.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--Meditations.
Bereavement--Meditations.
Bereavement.
Caregivers--Religious life.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Loss (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Meditations.
Meditations.
BV4910.9 / .M34 2015
242/.4
A long letting go : meditations on losing someone you love / Marilyn McEntyre. - xi, 123 pages ; 22 cm
Preface: The Care We're Called to -- Accompanying -- Setting the House in Order -- Facing Fear -- The Long Letting Go -- A Generous Dying -- A Good Death -- Things of the Spirit -- Hoping Against -- Things Take Time -- Untimely, Unseemly -- Walking the Valley -- Confession -- Blessing -- In a Place Apart -- Readiness -- Release -- Like a Seed -- Consent and Consolation -- Witnessing: Stories of Letting Go -- Mourning -- In It Together -- Gone -- Our Common Lot -- Permission -- Immortal, Inexplicable -- Grief That Keeps Going -- Comfort -- Those Who Mourn -- Like a Leaf -- A Season of Separation -- Words For Keeping Watch -- A Breath Prayer -- One-Line Prayers -- Vigil Affirmations -- The Seventh Week: A Vigil -- A Litany for the Living -- Permissions.
This beautiful volume of reflections by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre is for family members and friends who are doing the life-changing work of accompanying someone on the final stretch of his or her journey. In quiet counterpoint to our hurried lives, A Long Letting Go invites caregivers to slow down for reflection and prayer as they prepare to say good-bye to a beloved friend or family member and grieve that loss. Based on McEntyre's personal and professional experience with the dying, these gentle meditations -- each consisting of a short opening quote, a reflection, and a prayer -- offer comfort, direction, hope, and respite to caregivers during a difficult season of their lives.
9780802873101 0802873103
2015009845
GBB5B5406 bnb
017505890 Uk
Caregivers--Religious life--Meditations.
Loss (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity--Meditations.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--Meditations.
Bereavement--Meditations.
Bereavement.
Caregivers--Religious life.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Loss (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Meditations.
Meditations.
BV4910.9 / .M34 2015
242/.4