Since losing our sweet son to cancer in January of 2009, we have read several books which have greatly helped us walk through this grief journey. Although we don’t necessarily embrace each theological point expressed in every book, still we came away with rich, sustaining enlightenment that has enabled us to keep pressing on.
We have compiled a list that you may want to explore, whether you are one on the same road as us, or you have a loved one who is.
When Loss Comes Close to Home – Charlie & Jill LeBlanc
Living When A Loved One Has Died – Rabbi Earl Grollman
Imagine Heaven – John Burke
Surviving the Death of a Sibling – T.J. Wray
The Bereaved Parent – Harriet Schiff
Bereavement –– Studies of Grief in Adult Life, Colin Murray Parkes
Within Heaven’s Gates(also titled:My Dream of Heaven) – Rebecca Springer
A Grief Observed – C.S. Lewis
Confessions of a Grieving Christian – Zig Ziglar
Heaven Revealed – Paul Ennz
When Grief Leaves the Dictionary and Comes to Your Home – Kindah Greening
Grief – The Toothache of the Soul – Kindah Greening
Where’s the Miracle – Tom Penny
Lament for a Son – Nicholas Wolterstorff
Return From Tomorrow – George G. Ritchie & Elizabeth Sherrill
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss – Jerry Sittser
My Companion Through Grief – Gary Kinnaman
Healing Your Grieving Heart – Alan Wolfelt
From Grief to Glory – Harry & Cheryl Salem
From Mourning to Morning – Harry & Cheryl Salem
The Shack – William Paul Young
Leading On Empty – Wayne Cordeiro (This book was particularly helpful for us, although it is more of a book on Burnout. However it does deal with loss on different levels.)
Online: 365 daily emails – Griefshare.org Griefshare has also released a daily devotional containing most of the same writings as the emails, called Through A Season of Grief – Bill Dunn & KathyLeonard