02943cam a2200433 i 4500 ocn905089516 OCoLC 20241025054440.0 150311s2015 miu 000 0 eng 2015009845 GBB5B5406 bnb 017505890 Uk 9780802873101 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0802873103 (pbk. ; alk. paper) NZ1 16208821 UKMGB 017505890 (OCoLC)905089516 (OCoLC)902766908 DLC eng rda ZAAPA YDX BTCTA YDXCP BDX CDX OCLCF CFT ZCU WIO OCLCQ ICW JDP UKMGB ZAAPA pcc ZAAA BV4910.9 .M34 2015 242/.4 23 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. Caregivers Religious life Meditations. Loss (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity Meditations. Death Religious aspects Christianity Meditations. Bereavement Meditations. Bereavement. fast Caregivers Religious life. fast Death Religious aspects Christianity. fast Loss (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity. fast Meditations. fast Meditations. lcgft ddc BK 43478 43478 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2019-02-26 0 242.4 MCE APA078273 2019-02-26 1 2019-02-26 BK