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When Grief is Stirred and Re-Stirred … and Re-Stirred …
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Welcome to our second “Grief Week.” If you missed the first, you can read the posts here and here. COVID-19 has come with so much loss and change; Katie helps explain how your grief stirs up other ...

An Empty Ocean and the 10 Things We Must Remember About Grief
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Walking alone at a park, a friend of mine saw a woman busily walking towards her, dictating something into her phone. The woman looked earnest and concentrated. She came closer and closer, and as h...

When your last goodbye was your last goodbye: Processing death and life abroad
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

“Jesus looked up in the tree and said, ‘Zacchaeus, you come down . . . and I’ll give you a Snicker bar.'” -ME: circa 1976   Mary Musgrave loved that story. Not the Zacc…

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

If you are going to buy only one book on grief, this is the one to get! It will validate your grief experience, and you can share it with your children. You can leave it on the coffee table so othe...

A lament for the griefs we don’t have time to grieve
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

April and May are usually a grieving season for mission communities. This year it has been particularly rough. Schools closed without warning. People evacuated with a day’s notice…

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A Liturgy for Those with an Inconsolable Homesickness (read by Doug McKelvey)
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

You Tube reading of a prayer for those suffering inconsolable homesickness from Every Moment Holy (Rabbit Room Press) ©2017

By: Douglas Kaine McKelvey     Length: 4:04

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A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

An expanded edition of this classic book on grief and loss―with a new preface and epilogueLoss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his...

Outlawed Grief, a Curse Disguised
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Living abroad is an amazing adventure, but it comes with some baggage. And sometimes, the baggage fees are hidden, catching you by surprise, costing more than you planned.  You thought you had...

Who cares for the carer when they're bereaved?
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

What happens to the people who lose a relative and their identity as a carer too?

7 Ways to Teach Your TCKs to Process Grief
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

By Lauren Wells The topic of TCKs and grief is one that circulates often on online forums about TCKS, and there is a good reason for this: we know that TCKs deal with a significant amount of loss. ...

Holiday Grief: An Unwelcome Guest Deserving of Radical Hospitality
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Grief is an emotional, mental, and spiritual wound — and this is precisely because it is a relational wound.

These Illustrations Totally Nail How Difficult The Grief Process Is
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Grief is a profoundly difficult experience that most people will have to endure at some point. And while this doesn’t make dealing with grief any easier, it does help to know that you’re not alone ...