Grief Support Resources

Grief Support Resources

 Includes faith-based and non faith-based resources & support

“For in grief nothing ‘stays put.’ One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?”     

~ C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Books:

1.  What Grieving People Wish You Knew by Nancy Guthrie 

2.  Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense by Paul Tripp   

3. Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron Cole

4. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

5. On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elizabeth Kubler Ross and David Kessler

6. A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

7. Disappointment with God: 3 Questions No One Asks Aloud by Philip Yancey

8. Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey

Articles/ Blogs: 

1. Growing my Faith in the Face of Death by Tim Keller, The Atlantic, March 7, 2021

2. Grief Should Always Make Us Better by Tim Challies: Challies.com, January 4, 2021

3.  Joy and Sorrow Intermingled by Katy Hartman, The Gospel Coalition, August 1, 2014 

4. What I Misunderstood about Grief by Cameron Cole, The Gospel Coalition, March 11, 2019. 

5. Why Grief is Evidence for God by Sharon Dirckx, The Gospel Coalition, May 16, 2016

6. 6 Of The Most Common Misconceptions of Grief by Elaine Roth, Scarymommy.com, April 27, 2021

7. Six Words to Say Through the Tears by Nancy Guthrie, Desiring God, May 29, 2017

8. How Not to Help a Sufferer by Gavin Ortlund: The Gospel Coalition, February 18, 2017

Websites: 

1. Christian Counseling and Education Foundation: Grief podcasts and blogs.  Also offers Christian Counseling resources and referrals.

2. Compassion Books  This website will help individuals find books on grief that are specific to their needs.  

3. Compassionate Friends A peer-support community for parents who have lost a child (any age). It has helpful tools and also can connect to a local group chapter.  They offer groups for parents who have lost a child and also for siblings.

4. Open to Hope:  This website was founded by a bereaved parent and sibling.  Their mission is to point towards hope after grief and loss.  They have resources including articles and podcasts in addition to community story sharing. 

5. What’s Your Grief:  This website is focused on grief awareness and support.  

6. Focus on the Family:  Grief resources and referrals for children and families

7. Child Mind Institute:  Resources and tips for families to help children cope with grief and trauma.  

8. Hospice Foundation of America: Hospice resources, grief support, support group resources

Counseling/ Support Groups: 

1. Grief Share:  Grief recovery support groups

2. Grief Counselor - Psychology Today Resources

3. Grief Support Group - Psychology Today Resources

4. Center for Loss and Bereavement: offers grief resources and counseling.  Virtual counseling available. 

NHL Community Suggestions:  

Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy by Erin Davis

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalinithi

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant 

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