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Nadie nace preparado para morir y muy pocas son las personas que finalmente realizan una adecuada preparación. Somos una sociedad que vive de espaldas a la muerte por puro terror. Rehuimos hablar de ella, nos prohibimos reflexionar sobre ella y negamos por sistema su existencia, por si, de esta manera, logramos evitarla.
Asumámoslo, nacemos, crecemos, asistimos a un sinfín de sitios por compromiso a los que no queremos ir, algunos insensatos nos...
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The death of a child immerses parents into a life-long challenge of living with one of life's most heartbreaking losses. Pilgrimage through Loss tells the story of one family's journey, along with interviews from thirty other mothers and fathers who add their voices to the silences that often surround suffering in our 'mourning-avoidant' culture. Hunt illuminates the varied pathways parents eventually discover that open their lives to strength and...
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Grief is a natural response to loss. It might be the loss of a loved one, relationship, pregnancy, pet, job, or way of life. Other experiences of loss may be due to children leaving home, infertility, and separation from friends and family. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief is likely to be.Grief is expressed in many ways. It can affect every part of your life; your emotions, thoughts and behavior, beliefs, physical health,...
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PTSD is now a well known malady, generally brought about by experiencing a traumatic event or events. During the time of the Vietnam war, this phenomenon was poorly understood, and often misinterpreted. As a result, many of the soldiers who suffered from this were often classed as malingerers, cowards, or once back in civilian life, were treated as if they were simply mentally ill, crazy. Mental illness was still stigmatized in those days, so that...
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By exploring the ethics of resisting and accepting death from a Christian perspective, Nancy Duff encourages Christians to talk about death in the context of Christian faith. Making Faithful Decisions at the End of Life helps readers use biblical and theological perspectives regarding death to inform end-of-life decisions, consider where they stand on withdrawing life support and supporting death with dignity laws, and take steps in planning for their...
6) A New Dawn
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Within the tender pages of 'A New Dawn,' find solace and comfort. This poignant collection of poems and inspirational quotes is a beacon of light for those treading the difficult path of grief and loss. Offering a heartfelt embrace to those who seek sol
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From one of our most gifted writers and thinkers about death and the meaning of living comes a collection of writings about what comes next. Thomas Lynch, funeral director, poet, and author of the National Book Award finalist The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, has an uncanny knack for writing about death in ways that are never morbid, always thoughtful, often humorous, and quite moving. From his account of riding in the hearse at...
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Life is eating you up and spitting you out. The apex predators are everywhere. The pressure is rising. Can you cope? Predatory capitalism is consuming you from the outside, while your personal demons are eating you from the inside. Will they meet in the middle? Nietzsche said, "In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose." What's it to be? Will you devour life, or will you allow it to devour you? You need to...
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The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director-what Time magazine called a "must read"-reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with the poignancy and brevity of When Breath Becomes Air.
We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as...
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As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God's power or God's nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God - if such exists - allow such suffering?
In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless...
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The stunning, startling collection that is also the last work from a major poet
A woman named Mildred starts laying eggs after feathers from wild poultry begin coming down the chimney. A man becomes friends with a bank robber who abducts him and eventually rues his captor's death. A baby is born transparent.
James Tate's work, filled with unexpected turns and deadpan exaggeration, "fanciful and grave, mundane and transcendent," (New York Times)...
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In the midst of life's darkest struggles, "Prayers Against Suicide Spirit" shines a beacon of hope and healing. This powerful prayerbook combines spiritual warfare and healing prayers to help individuals overcome the malevolent influence of the suicide spirit.Delving into Christian living, this book equips readers with effective prayers and strategies to combat spiritual attacks and oppressive forces that often lead to suicidal thoughts. It offers...
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Ces poèmes, écrits entre l'adolescence et la jeune vie d'adulte de l'auteur, sont le reflet d'un être parfois ambivalent qui exprime ses émotions, sentiments, souffrances et rêves pour renforcer sa volonté de vivre. Dans ce recueil, qui est une métaphore de sa propre vie, les vers et les rimes servent à dénoncer des injustices, à raconter des expériences vécues ou à s'évader dans un imaginaire empreint d'intimité.
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Adolescent,...
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"An ideal guidebook to facing the inevitable." Foreword Reviews
After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death, from Egypt's Valley...
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In Glimpsing Resurrection, Deanna A. Thompson combines recent trauma research with compelling first-person narrative to provide insight into the traumatic dimensions of living with a serious illness. Her aim is to help those who are ill and those who care for and minister to them deepen their understanding of how best to offer support.
"The tendency for Christians to move almost immediately from death to proclamations of new life risks alienating...
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100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning, best-selling, and beloved author of How to Read a Poem
Implicit in poetry is the idea that we are enriched by heartbreaks, by the recognition and understanding of suffering-not just our own suffering but also the pain of others. We are not so much...
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For those who suffer with Past Trauma Memories that cause PTSD and other disorders; this book will allow anyone to recover completely from the Trauma Memory firstly in a one hour session, and then a 12 step program that allows each person to cast out their demons and their broken coping skill on a daily basis. This book is avaialble both as a Kindle and E.book format and a Print to Order format.The ony person who can heal you is you, yourself,...
19) Dream 2
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Death, Despair, and Happy Endings. Sad poetry with happy outcomes from 25 international poets. Aleksandra VujisićBrianna WitteBroken MontagueCarol EdwardsCatherine A. MacKenzieD.J. EltonDawn DeBraalFrancis H. PowellGabby GilliamGladys Marie CubiasGreta T. BatesKaren Kerekes Keri WithingtonKimberly McAfeeLinda SparksLynn White Maggie D. BraceMark Andrew HeathcoteMax BindiNatasha AlvaRenata PavreyRenee CronleyS. Jade PathSwayam PrashantTim Law
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