29 Best Death, Grief, Bereavement, Religion Books
Death, Grief, Bereavement, Religion is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Death, Grief, Bereavement, Religion audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Death, Grief, Bereavement, Religion audiobooks below.
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Prayers and Promises When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness
- By: Edward G. Dobson
- Narrator: Edward G. Dobson
- Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: May 29, 2007
- Language: English
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5(2 ratings)
5(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDHaving a life-threatening illness is a constant reminder that today is precious. Prayers and Promises When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness offers encouragement and hope to those who suffer and those who love and care for them. Written by a fellowHaving a life-threatening illness is a constant reminder that today is precious. Prayers and Promises When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness offers encouragement and hope to those who suffer and those who love and care for them. Written by a fellow pilgrim on his own journey with Lou Gehrig’s disease, this powerful and inspiring devotional guide offers thirty short reflections to nurture your faith and boost your strength.Each reflection is a small dose of spiritual truth to start or complete your day. Morning selections include a brief prayer and reflection. Evening readings are based on God’s promises to encourage and enlighten you. Some of the prayers and promises include:* God, remind me that there is more to life than this disease.* God, give me strength to believe that you can heal me.* God, give me something to laugh about.* God, help me to leave a legacy for my family.* God, I don’t feel like praying.After completing the thirty-day cycle, Dr. Dobson encourages you to repeat it again and again for continued spiritual nourishment that is needed during this time.
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A Bridge of Hope
- By: Camilla Neff
- Narrator: Camilla Neff
- Length: 9 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)
5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDA Bridge of Hope tells the heart-wrenching story of the loss of Camilla Neff’s first full-term baby girl, Serena Nadine, who died unexpectedly during delivery. With compassion and empathy for grieving parents everywhere, Neff describes the rawA Bridge of Hope tells the heart-wrenching story of the loss of Camilla Neff’s first full-term baby girl, Serena Nadine, who died unexpectedly during delivery. With compassion and empathy for grieving parents everywhere, Neff describes the raw emotions and anguish that she faced.
She shares the deeply personal journey of wading through the layers of grief and pain that engulfed her, to learning to live again in a new reality after her world was shattered.
The journey of grief, especially in losing a child, can be lonely and feel utterly hopeless. Neff’s greatest desire for bereaved mothers is that her experience will give them hope that it is possible to live a fruitful life beyond the catastrophic.
Are you walking through a deep tunnel that is so dark that you feel suffocated by the intensity of the blackness? Do you feel like there’s a hole in your heart, one that no temporary joy, no empathy or intended comfort can ever fill?
Do you wonder how you will survive just one more day, one more hour, even one more moment, with such debilitating pain of heart, agony of soul and torment of mind?
If you experienced significant loss and live with these emotions every day, then A Bridge of Hope may be the conduit for healing that you’ve been longing for.
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Divine Disruption
- By: Dr. Tony Evans
- Length: 5 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.84(19 ratings)
4.84(19 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDUSA Today Bestseller Read by the authors. Learn how to work your way through life’s unexpected challenges with grace and find a deeper faith while on your journey. In this biblical and conversational book by Dr. Tony Evans and his fourUSA Today Bestseller
Read by the authors.
Learn how to work your way through life’s unexpected challenges with grace and find a deeper faith while on your journey. In this biblical and conversational book by Dr. Tony Evans and his four adult children—Chrystal Evans Hurst, Priscilla Shirer, Anthony Evans, and Jonathan Evans—you will hear five insightful perspectives on what it means to hold on to faith when life breaks your heart.
We have all been through difficult seasons and times in life when it seems like the hits keep coming and you can barely catch your breath. The Evans family knows what this is like, as they’ve experienced the deep grief of losing eight loved ones in less than two years’ time, including the devastating passing of Lois Evans, the matriarch of the family. 
In Divine Disruption, Dr. Tony Evans and his children pull back the curtain on their faith-shaking experiences, in order to provide biblical wisdom and practical encouragement for how to deal with the hard, unexpected things we all inevitably face.
You’ll walk away with insights on:
- Why bad things happen despite a good and powerful God
- Persevering in difficult times and experiencing God’s peace
- What causes distress in your life—and how to move past it
- How to keep your faith from being damaged during tough times 
 
Join the Evans Family in this unique Kingdom Legacy partnership as they candidly share honest questions they’ve asked, raw emotions they’ve felt, and solutions they’ve learned. Your life may have been interrupted, but you can use that to grow closer to God—and find peace.
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Hope Beyond an Empty Cradle
- By: Hallie Scott
- Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: June 08, 2021
- Language: English
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4.79(18 ratings)
4.79(18 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDTens of thousands of women and families every year lose a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. The statistics are sobering–between 10% and 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1% in stillbirth, and nearly 23,000 babies dieTens of thousands of women and families every year lose a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. The statistics are sobering–between 10% and 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1% in stillbirth, and nearly 23,000 babies die before their first birthday–but statistics alone miss the depth of the hurt. Each loss is personal and devastating.
No woman is prepared to lose a baby, and caregivers are often unaware of how best to help. In Hope Beyond an Empty Cradle therapist Hallie Scott first shares her own story, as a mother whose only child, Abigail, was stillborn, and then leads you through a healing process that makes space for heartbreak, despair, guilt, questions, and anger. Life is never the same in the wake of the loss, but a new normal is possible.
The book will be a welcome resource for families who have lost a child, as well as for those seeking to care for them in their traumatic grief.
Discussion questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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A Grace Disguised Revised and Expanded
- By: Jerry L. Sittser
- Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: November 16, 2021
- Language: English
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4.69(48 ratings)
4.69(48 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDWith vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible–one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple and ordinary gifts. This 25th anniversaryWith vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible–one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple and ordinary gifts. This 25th anniversary edition features a new introduction and two additional chapters, one which provides help for pastors and counselors.
Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will face some kind of loss in life. But we can, if we choose, know the grace that transforms us.
Whether your suffering has come in the form of chronic illness, disability, divorce, unemployment, crushing disappointment, or the loss of someone you love, Sittser will help you put your thoughts into words in a way that will guide you deeper into your own healing process.
This revised edition of A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of our sorrows, asks questions many people are afraid to ask, and provides hope in its answers:
- Will the pain ever subside?
- Will my life ever be good again?
- Will the depression ever lift?
- Will I ever overcome the bitterness I feel?
- What is God’s plan in all of this?
The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life.
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Beside Still Waters
- By: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 23, 2021
- Language: English
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4.68(131 ratings)
4.68(131 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDIn times of doubt, alarm, or discomfort, this year-long devotional gives you a steady source of comfort, hope, and healing, delivered fresh from the pages of Scripture and in the timeless words and writings of Charles H. Spurgeon. This little bookIn times of doubt, alarm, or discomfort, this year-long devotional gives you a steady source of comfort, hope, and healing, delivered fresh from the pages of Scripture and in the timeless words and writings of Charles H. Spurgeon.
This little book delivers peace to the troubled heart. Arranged in biblical order and drawing from nearly every book of the Bible, Spurgeon’s perspective on God’s mercy, provision, protection, and compassion will resonate deeply within your spirit. These timeless words will touch your hurt with the healing of the Shepherd who knows His flock and who cares for them completely.
Beside Still Waters is more than just a devotional book, containing:
- An entire year of hope, encouragement, and help to restore your soul in times of grief and struggle
- Readings clearly indexed by topic
- Specific passages easily located for all the pressing needs in your life
- The perfect Christmas gift for loved ones
Let the Shepherd lead you to a place of safety and calm. Be refreshed by His peace and be encouraged by His presence. Beside Still Waters will help you find comfort and encouragement for almost any challenge you may face.
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Jesus Always, with Scripture References
- By: Sarah Young
- Length: 16 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: October 04, 2016
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDLife today is full of difficulties‚Äîloss, sadness, anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. In the midst of these challenges, joy and contentment often feels impossible or out of reach. Experience Jesus’ message of joy today and every day withLife today is full of difficulties‚Äîloss, sadness, anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. In the midst of these challenges, joy and contentment often feels impossible or out of reach.
Experience Jesus’ message of joy today and every day with this 365-day devotional from¬†New York Times¬†bestselling author Sarah Young.
Jesus has more in store for you than a life of striving, pain, and discontent. Take the time to draw near to Him with Jesus Always, and you will discover how to:
- Intimately and gently connect with Jesus—the One who meets you where you are
- Identify joy-filled reminders from the Bible
- Process challenging situations, anxiety, and grief with a hopeful perspective
- Strengthen your faith and your relationship with Jesus
Jesus Always includes:
- 365 days of Bible-based devotions
- Scripture references for each devotion
- personal reflections from Sarah
Written as if Jesus Himself is speaking directly to you, Jesus Always invites you into a new way of living—a life of joy.
Look for additional life-changing, life-giving books from Sarah Young including:
Jesus Calling
Jesus Listens
Jesus Today
Jesus Calling for Moms
Jesus Calling for Christmas
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God Is With You Every Day
- By: Max Lucado
- Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: December 21, 2015
- Language: English
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4.6(872 ratings)
4.6(872 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDDo you find it easier to face the day when you know God is with you? Max Lucado believes it is! In God Is With You Every Day, Max uses his signature reassuring and encouraging voice, paired with practical, relevant, and personal messaging, to remindDo you find it easier to face the day when you know God is with you? Max Lucado believes it is! In God Is With You Every Day, Max uses his signature reassuring and encouraging voice, paired with practical, relevant, and personal messaging, to remind you that God is with you every day.
This 365-day devotional begins each week with a prayer and scripture, followed by six days of devotions and scripture for reflection. Weaving messages of comfort, grace, and encouragement, this audiobook is wonderful for:
- Anyone who wants a fresh infusion of faith to start each day
- Those walking through difficult seasons of life such as loneliness, grief, or change
- People in need of courage to face each day
God Is With You Every Day makes a great:
- Self-purchase for those needing an extra pick-me-up or Max Lucado fans
- Inspirational gift for friends and family walking through a tough season, experiencing loss, or overwhelmed by life’s challenges
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Through the Eyes of a Lion
- By: Levi Lusko
- Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: August 04, 2015
- Language: English
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4.58(3323 ratings)
4.58(3323 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDWhat will you do when the unthinkable happens? Pastor Levi Lusko never expected that five days before Christmas, his five-year-old daughter Lenya would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. Learn the eye-opening truth of the power of hope inWhat will you do when the unthinkable happens? Pastor Levi Lusko never expected that five days before Christmas, his five-year-old daughter Lenya would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. Learn the eye-opening truth of the power of hope in a world that is often filled with pain, suffering, and loss.
Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality and hair that had been wild and mane-like since birth, but after her sudden loss, Pastor Levi Lusko and his wife Jennie had to figure out how to walk out of an emergency room without their daughter.
 In this moving memoir, Levi shares the power of hope in a world often visited by pain, suffering, and loss, urging you to view life as an adventure and encourages you to make an eternal impact.
More a manifesto for high-octane living than a manual for grieving, Through the Eyes of a Lion will help you turn your journey into a “roar story” by guiding you to:
- Let God turn your pain into a microphone
- Look past what you can see with the naked eye
- Understand how a good God can allow bad things
- Survive Saturday—the space between promise and fulfillment
Levi has walked through the intense, raw periods that come with grieving. Whether you’re currently facing adversity or want to prepare yourself for inevitable hardship, it’s time to look at the adventure of your life through Jesus’ eyes‚Äîthe eyes of a Lion.
 
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Grieving
- By: James R. White
- Narrator: Larry Wayne
- Length: 1 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Two Words Publishing
- Publish date: May 26, 2022
- Language: English
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4.55(205 ratings)
4.55(205 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn grief, it is normal to wonder if you will ever feel okay again. Loneliness, fear, confusion, and anger make hope hard to come by. And yet, grieving in hope is vital to the healing process. Written at a much-appreciated length, this brief bookIn grief, it is normal to wonder if you will ever feel okay again. Loneliness, fear, confusion, and anger make hope hard to come by. And yet, grieving in hope is vital to the healing process. Written at a much-appreciated length, this brief book gently guides listeners through the healing process of grief. Showing how grief doesn’t happen in neat orderly stages, it explains how to work through painful emotions and questions and find God’s peace and healing.
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When God Doesn’t Fix It
- By: Laura Story
- Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: February 21, 2023
- Language: English
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4.51(2469 ratings)
4.51(2469 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDIs it possible that good things can come out of our broken dreams? Worship leader and recording artist Laura Story’s life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Their lives would never be theIs it possible that good things can come out of our broken dreams?
Worship leader and recording artist Laura Story’s life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Their lives would never be the same.
Yes, with God all things are possible. But the devastating news was that no cure existed to restore Martin’s short-term memory, eyesight, and other complications. The fairy-tale life Laura had dreamed of was no longer possible. And yet in struggling with God about how to live with broken dreams, Laura has found joy and a deeper intimacy with Jesus.
In When God Doesn’t Fix It, Laura helps you understand that:
- We aren’t the only ones whose lives have taken unexpected turns
- Even heroes of our faith experienced brokenness
- Despite our flaws and stories, God can use us in extraordinary ways
God may not fix everything. In fact, although your situation might not ever change or get better, with Jesus you can. Not because of your faith, but because of the faithfulness of God.
 
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A Widow’s Journey
- By: Gayle Roper
- Narrator: Pamela Almand
- Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Two Words Publishing
- Publish date: December 13, 2022
- Language: English
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4.47(158 ratings)
4.47(158 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDHave you recently lost your husband? Are there days when you feel so terribly alone–and that no one else could possibly understand? Author Gayle Roper understands. As a recent widow herself, Gayle writes, So who am I now that there’sHave you recently lost your husband? Are there days when you feel so terribly alone–and that no one else could possibly understand? Author Gayle Roper understands. As a recent widow herself, Gayle writes, So who am I now that there’s only one place at the table…one pillow with a head dent, one damp towel after a shower. There’s only one toothbrush in the holder. The seat is never left up anymore. I can still write Mrs. in front of my name, but I’m no longer in a marriage relationship. You need two people for a marriage and there’s only me. Is there only you? Then join Gayle as she draws on her emotions during the loss of her beloved husband, Chuck, and offers you a compassionate devotional to encourage you through your darkest days. Gayle knows a widow’s pain is deep. But she also knows God’s love is deeper still, and it’s in His love you’ll find your deepest comfort.
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In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake
- By: Patrick and Ruth Schwenk
- Narrator: Patrick and Ruth Schwenk
- Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: September 08, 2020
- Language: English
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4.46(125 ratings)
4.46(125 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDYour Storm Doesn’t Have to Sink You At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves in a boat in the middle of a lake. We might be there due to a job loss or the death of a loved one. Maybe disability, divorce, or financial insecurity hasYour Storm Doesn’t Have to Sink You
At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves in a boat in the middle of a lake. We might be there due to a job loss or the death of a loved one. Maybe disability, divorce, or financial insecurity has stranded us. Patrick and Ruth Schwenk found themselves feeling battered after five miscarriages and then surrounded by the waves with Patrick’s cancer diagnosis at age forty-three. They were alone. Drifting. And that’s when their transformation began.
In this compassionate and powerful book, the Schwenks weave together lessons from their own experience with insightful Bible teaching to remind us that one of the greatest ways God transforms us is through trials. As they unpack why Jesus called the disciples into the middle of a lake when dry ground was so safe and comfortable, they help us
- understand why the depth of our hurt enables us to experience deep hope;
- learn to conquer fear to experience the freedom God has for us; and
- discover how God uses chaos, and not just the classroom, to shape and work through us.
Today–in your confusion about God’s intentions, your disappointment over lost dreams, your disillusionment about prayer–God is offering hope. Because Jesus is still Lord over the water. And while he is not moved by the waves, he is moved by you. And this flood might just be a path to abundance.
Reflection questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
“A powerful reminder that our current reality is not our final reality, and God is Lord over all chaos and suffering!”
–Candace Cameron Bure, actress and New York Times bestselling author
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What Happens After You Die
- By: Randy Frazee
- Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: May 02, 2017
- Language: English
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4.42(73 ratings)
4.42(73 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDPopular pastor Randy Frazee answers perennial questions about life after death with an accessible exploration of what the Bible has to say on the subject. In both Christian and pop culture, there is a certain fascination with the afterlife. WhatPopular pastor Randy Frazee answers perennial questions about life after death with an accessible exploration of what the Bible has to say on the subject.
In both Christian and pop culture, there is a certain fascination with the afterlife. What happens after you die? What happens if you die with Christ or without Christ? What happens when Jesus returns if you have or haven’t accepted Christ? What exactly comes next?
Randy Frazee, popular pastor of Oak Hills Church and general editor of the wildly successful Believe and The Story programs, answers these questions and more. Born out of a deeply personal search for truth after the death of his mother, What Happens After You Die is a straightforward exploration of what the Bible says about life after death. From heaven and hell to the Lake of Fire and the actual presence of God, Frazee uncovers what is simply cultural tradition and what is truly biblical. He shows readers not only the death Jesus came to save us from but the life he came to save us for.
Based on a teaching series that has had more online views than any other series Frazee has done to date, What Happens After You Die is a guide to the perennial questions about life and death, what comes next, and how we should live until then.
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Say Yes
- By: Scott Erickson
- Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: January 25, 2022
- Language: English
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4.41(348 ratings)
4.41(348 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSay Yes gives you the mental and spiritual practices you need to enjoy your life again–and bring greater fullness than you could imagine before. “My life doesn’t look anything like I wanted it to. How do I even keep going?”Say Yes gives you the mental and spiritual practices you need to enjoy your life again–and bring greater fullness than you could imagine before.
“My life doesn’t look anything like I wanted it to. How do I even keep going?” When the dreams for our life die, our vision of who we hoped to become often dies too. That’s when The Voice of Giving Up appears.
Visual artist and spiritual director Scott Erickson has had long midnight conversations with The Voice of Giving Up, and he knows how anxiety and depression make The Voice especially loud. But he’s discovered that our darkest moments are sometimes doorways to a deeper, more joy-filled journey of recovering who we are, why we’re here, and why the future bursts with possibilities if we are willing to say yes to life’s brightest gifts.
In Say Yes, Scott helps you learn how to reawaken your deepest desires, disempower your greatest fears, and identify the destructive narratives holding you back. Combined with Scott’s beautiful, thought-provoking illustrations, this is a profound exploration of beginning again after:
- Disappointment at how life is turning out
- Suspecting we are not prepared or smart enough
- Losing hope that change is possible and that pain can have a purpose
Take the first step to gain the gentle yet powerful tools you need, and say yes to what lies ahead today.
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Little Matches
- By: Maryanne O’Hara
- Narrator: Maryanne O'Hara
- Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 20, 2021
- Language: English
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4.41(219 ratings)
4.41(219 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“Gripping and true in all ways. This fine, affecting memoir will stay with me for a very long time.”–Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion “In this vividly written memoir novelist O’Hara shares a painful but“Gripping and true in all ways. This fine, affecting memoir will stay with me for a very long time.”–Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion
“In this vividly written memoir novelist O’Hara shares a painful but ultimately beautiful account of her daughter Caitlin’s life with cystic fibrosis. . . . Her compelling story will resonate with anyone seeking a light in the darkest depths of grief.”–Library Journal
In the vein of The Year of Magical Thinking and Beautiful Boy, an emotionally raw and inspiring memoir that illuminates a mother’s grief over the loss of her adult child and considers the hope of soulful connections that transcend the boundary of life and death.
When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O’Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs.
The sudden spiral of events left Maryanne in an existential crisis, searching to find an answer to the eternal question: Why we are here? During her final years, Caitlin had become a source of wisdom and comfort for her mother–the partner with whom she shared a deep spiritual quest to understand what it meant to have a soul. After Caitlin’s passing, Maryanne began to notice signs–poignant, persistent synchronicities that seemed to lean toward proof of Caitlin’s enduring presence.
Weaving together a series of interconnected meditations with illuminating glimpses of life rendered via text messages, e-mails, and journal entries, Little Matches is a profound reflection on life and death, motherhood, the pain of chronic uncertainty, and finding inspiration in the unexpected sparks that light our way through the darkness.
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All About Heaven
- By: David Oliver
- Narrator: Bob Souer
- Length: 5 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 03, 2022
- Language: English
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4.41(58 ratings)
4.41(58 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMany people understand that at the end of all things, when Christ returns, God will create a new heaven and a new earth where those who have trusted in Christ will live with him forever. But what about those who have “passed on” wellMany people understand that at the end of all things, when Christ returns, God will create a new heaven and a new earth where those who have trusted in Christ will live with him forever. But what about those who have “passed on” well before this? Where are they now? What does heaven look like? What will occupy us there? When David Oliver faced the death of his son Joel, at the age of thirty-eight, following a short and brutal fight with cancer, he set about researching and writing this powerful short book on heaven and committed to write whatever he discovered. Through a thorough examination of the relevant Bible texts, David provides us with a thrilling view of the future and a destiny well worth preparing for, which will enrich both our vision and our faith.
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Resilient
- By: John Eldredge
- Narrator: John Eldredge
- Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: June 07, 2022
- Language: English
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4.4(828 ratings)
4.4(828 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThe human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in the last few years. Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he gives you the tools you need toThe human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in the last few years. Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he gives you the tools you need to follow Jesus’ path of supernatural resilience so you can reclaim your joy, strengthen your heart, and thrive through the storm.
Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength. In Resilient, Eldredge reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience through Jesus himself.
Drawing on wisdom from Scripture and Christian tradition, and illustrated throughout with powerful, true stories of grit and survival, Resilient will help you:
- Recover from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Tap into the river of life that God promises his people
- Learn to be patient with yourself–genuine recovery from spiritual and emotional trauma takes time and intentionality
- Create a plan to foster resilience in your day-to-day life
- Discover deep wells of freedom and strength through Christ who lives within us
Thriving requires a resilient soul. This book will help you find the resilience you long for when the world has gone mad–and discover in Jesus himself the strength that prevails.
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Hope When Life Unravels
- By: Adam B. Dooley
- Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: June 23, 2020
- Language: English
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4.38(12 ratings)
4.38(12 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDWritten by a pastor and father who has walked a painful road, Hope When Life Unravels explores the encouraging, upside-down truths of the book of Job, and other key Bible passages, to remind us of the ways God is present in our pain. Why does GodWritten by a pastor and father who has walked a painful road, Hope When Life Unravels explores the encouraging, upside-down truths of the book of Job, and other key Bible passages, to remind us of the ways God is present in our pain.
Why does God allow suffering? And why does God seem to go silent when we’re in pain? In Hope When Life Unravels, Dr. Adam Dooley, pastor and host of the daily radio broadcast A Better Way, searches for answers to our biggest questions about suffering as he shares his son Carson’s story of battling leukemia.
Adam speaks openly about the gut-wrenching struggle his family endured for three years of life-threatening illness and how God met them in their hours of need–even when it wasn’t in the ways they wanted. And, along with his own story, Adam takes listeners through the story of Job, unpacking insights about God’s character, his love, and how we can stay connected to him even during seasons of pain.
Both inspiring and comforting, Hope When Life Unravels invites us to draw closer to a God who is often active in our lives in times when we have trouble seeing him the most.
Discussion questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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The Hurting Parent
- By: Margie M. Lewis
- Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: February 02, 2010
- Language: English
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4.37(19 ratings)
4.37(19 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDChristian parents are not exempt from the struggle and heartbreak caused by rebellious children. This softcover version of the classic resource The Hurting Parent by Margie Lewis, written with her son, bestselling author Gregg Lewis, for the firstChristian parents are not exempt from the struggle and heartbreak caused by rebellious children. This softcover version of the classic resource The Hurting Parent by Margie Lewis, written with her son, bestselling author Gregg Lewis, for the first time offers the rest of the story that inspired the original edition of this book.
The Hurting Parent takes a realistic approach to the problems young people face today–peer pressure, easy access to drugs and alcohol, and cultural influences that pull them from their family’s faith. The Lewises acknowledge there are no simple formulas or simple answers. But the biblical insight, emotional understanding, and practical encouragement they offer will be life changing.
Written by a hurting parent for other hurting parents, this book, by ministering to hundreds of thousands of families over the past thirty years, has earned a prominent spot not only on the personal bookshelves of countless parents and their family and friends, but also on the professional shelves of pastors, youth ministers, and Christian counselors.
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The Color of Rain
- By: Michael Spehn
- Narrator: Michael Spehn
- Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: October 04, 2011
- Language: English
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4.35(858 ratings)
4.35(858 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDWhen unexpected grief brings two families together, how do they start their journey to healing? Join Michael and Gina Spehn–bestselling authors and founders of the New Day Foundation–as they tell their story of resilience, remembrance,When unexpected grief brings two families together, how do they start their journey to healing? Join Michael and Gina Spehn–bestselling authors and founders of the New Day Foundation–as they tell their story of resilience, remembrance, and reliance on their shared faith.
Matt Kell and Cathy Spehn had known each other since grade school. As adults, they each got married, lived in their hometown, and attended the same church. Their kids even attended school together.
Matt died at home on Christmas Day after a three-year battle with cancer, leaving behind his wife, Gina, and two young boys. After attending Matt’s inspirational funeral and reaching out to Gina with offers of support, Cathy was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. She died only 17 days later, leaving behind her husband, Michael, and three young children. In her final hours, Cathy instructed Michael to call Gina Kell.
The Color of Rain illuminates the stepping stones of loss and healing that ultimately led to a joyful new life for Michael, Gina, and their five children. Their path to becoming a modern-day Brady Bunch was paved with grief, laughter, and the willingness to be restored to a new and even better life despite the inevitable resistance they faced.
As you learn more about Michael and Gina’s story, you’ll learn:
- The importance of keeping God at the center of your marriage
- How they navigated becoming a blended family
- The life-changing power of faith, even on your darkest days
As their dual first-person narrative reveals what it is like to walk through loss and love simultaneously, you’ll have an intimate look at how Michael and Gina lived, lost, and ultimately persevered through extraordinary circumstances.
Praise for The Color of Rain:
“The Color of Rain is a testament to God’s restoration and grace. Even in our suffering, there is beauty. It rarely makes sense, but it’s always true: ‘He makes all things beautiful, in His time.'”
–Katie Davis, New York Times bestselling author of Kisses from Katie
“Michael and Gina Spehn’s The Color of Rain is not only an instant bestseller but also an instant classic, certain to be pressed into the hands of hundreds of thousands of grieving men and women by their closest friends, for it is a book that is painfully honest about the depths of sorrow but also full of the joy of the hard path back from near despair. It is another reminder that God is there, however dark the day, and that he will comfort those who call on him.”
–Hugh Hewitt, bestselling author and radio host
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Even in Our Darkness
- By: Jack S. Deere
- Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: March 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.29(470 ratings)
4.29(470 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“I am the descendant of drinkers and drifters better at passing on their love for the bottle than family history…” Prepare yourself for an unvarnished, harrowing look at one Christian’s life.¬† A powerful¬†memoir of“I am the descendant of drinkers and drifters better at passing on their love for the bottle than family history…” Prepare yourself for an unvarnished, harrowing look at one Christian’s life.¬†
A powerful memoir of knowing and being known by God through the pain of loss, tragedy, and brokenness—Even in Our Darkness explores what it means to fend off doubt and despair, even in the most painful trials.
Jack Deere tells the true story of his life growing up near Fort Worth, Texas in the 1950’s and the disintegration of his family following his father’s suicide. Despite his difficult childhood and an inclination toward the depression that had crushed his parents, Deere describes how he began to wrestle with Christianity and how “God was…slipping in through the crack of an open wound.”
In his mid-twenties, Jack rose to fame and success as a leading scholar, popular speaker, and bestselling author. But despite being rescued and exalted, Jack was devastated in the years that followed, losing his troubled son to suicide and his wife to alcoholism. Only then did he fully face his own addictions, surrender control, and experience true healing.
An authentic story of the Christian life, Even in Our Darkness is like following an experienced guide through a barren country. Like many believers, Deere has had experiences that nearly destroyed him, and he was shown, by grace, how to overcome life’s disappointments and learn to hear God speak in unbelievable ways, despite the darkness that surrounds us.
“Unmasked, unsettling, and unforgettable . . . this will change the landscape of your soul.” ‚ÄîAnn Voskamp, bestselling author of The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts.
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Heaven: My Father’s House
- By: Anne Graham Lotz
- Narrator: Anne Graham Lotz
- Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: December 20, 2022
- Language: English
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4.27(153 ratings)
4.27(153 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDNow with 250K copies in print! Revised and Updated Edition. Anne affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of lasting value that’s fully paid for and filled with family, where you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all,Now with 250K copies in print! Revised and Updated Edition. Anne affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of lasting value that’s fully paid for and filled with family, where you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all, Heaven is a home you are invited to claim as your own.
With over 40 percent new and revised content, Anne Graham Lotz has updated her classic book on Heaven for a whole new generation of readers, and also for herself. With her father, mother, and husband now gone, Lotz beautifully adds her own vulnerability and stories to the journey contained in Heaven: My Father’s House.
Jesus promised us, “In My Father’s house are many rooms…I am going there to prepare a place for you.” Amid the turbulence of today’s world, we cling to the hope of a heavenly home where we will be welcomed into eternal peace and safety. Anne affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of lasting value that’s fully paid for and filled with family, where you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all, Heaven is a home you are invited to claim as your own.
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Heaven
- By: Joni Eareckson Tada
- Narrator: Joni Eareckson Tada
- Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: November 19, 2003
- Language: English
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4.23(570 ratings)
4.23(570 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDStep back for a moment, focus your eyes of faith, and come with Joni Eareckson Tada into a world you’ve heard about from your youth but have never seen: heaven. You just might discover that heaven is closer–and more real–thanStep back for a moment, focus your eyes of faith, and come with Joni Eareckson Tada into a world you’ve heard about from your youth but have never seen: heaven. You just might discover that heaven is closer–and more real–than you’ve ever thought. Joni offers an inspiring glimpse of heaven and what we will find there. Using the story of her own search to understand heaven, and the meaning that it holds for her as a quadriplegic, Joni shows that heaven is not just a theological concept of a comforting idea, but our real home and destination. She shows that we can also prepare our hearts for heaven here on earth. Heaven is a personal and thoughtful look at what we can know today about believers ultimate destination: heaven.
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Heaven
- By: Joni Eareckson Tada
- Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: October 09, 2018
- Language: English
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4.23(570 ratings)
4.23(570 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDGain a fresh perspective on heaven from someone who has endured more than her share of earthly challenges for over fifty years–quadriplegia, cancer, and chronic pain. Joni Eareckson Tada’s bestseller Heaven¬†has inspired us to liveGain a fresh perspective on heaven from someone who has endured more than her share of earthly challenges for over fifty years–quadriplegia, cancer, and chronic pain.
Joni Eareckson Tada’s bestseller Heaven¬†has inspired us to live well on earth even as we long for eternity, but as Joni tells us in this updated and expanded edition of Heaven, the longer you journey with your eyes on heaven, the more you begin to see.
A quadriplegic for over fifty years, Joni has also endured cancer and extreme ongoing pain, and she doesn’t speak lightly when she reminds us that, “God knows the precise tools to use in your life to cut, facet, cleanse, and refine the diamond that is your eternal soul . . . Every good thing that God has ever given you will last for all eternity–including the best part of every affliction.”
It is from this vantage point that Joni now speaks about how we can live for Jesus as we look forward to our real home in heaven. Drawing on Scripture, Joni answers the deepest questions of our hearts, including:
- What will heaven be like?
- Who will we be in heaven?
- How can we get ready for heaven?
 
Join Joni as she invites you on this journey of looking back on God’s faithfulness, discovering how we got to where we are, and looking forward to our real home.
Praise for Heaven:
“Joni is a friend of mine who has been leading people with love and courage for decades. God uses the most unlikely guides to take us up the rugged terrain in our faith. God’s plan is pretty simple. He wants us to spend forever with Him. This life is just practicing for eternity. Will we face difficulties and setbacks? You bet. In this updated book, Joni has taken us once again to the high places, and she’s done so from her chair.”
–Bob Goff, author of the New York Times bestsellers Love Does and Everybody Always
 
In the audiobook companion PDF download, Joni includes additional reflections correlating to each chapter that speak to where she is now, higher up on the hill of perspective. She calls these thoughts Climbing Higher, and that’s her invitation to all who make this journey with her.
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Traveling Light
- By: Max Lucado
- Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: February 24, 2015
- Language: English
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4.22(11105 ratings)
4.22(11105 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDWe’re all weighed down by loads we were never intended to carry. With¬†New York Times¬†bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado as your guide,¬†Traveling Light¬†invites you to release some of those heavy burdens and experience trueWe’re all weighed down by loads we were never intended to carry. With¬†New York Times¬†bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado as your guide,¬†Traveling Light¬†invites you to release some of those heavy burdens and experience true rest.
We’ve all seen weary travelers‚Äîeverything they own crammed into their luggage, staggering through terminals and hotel lobbies with overstuffed suitcases, trunks, duffels, and backpacks. Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop. We can all be people like that‚Äîif not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load of guilt, discontentment, doubt, or loneliness.
Centered around the comforting, uplifting words of Psalm 23, Traveling Light will give you the encouragement and the tools you need to release the burdens of:
- Self-reliance
- Arrogance
- Hopelessness
- Disappointment
- Shame
There are certain weights in life that we simply aren’t designed to carry, and Max reminds us that the Lord is asking you to set them down and trust him. He is the father at the baggage claim. When a dad sees his five-year-old son trying to drag the family trunk off the carousel, what does he say? The father will say to his son what God is saying to you.
“Set it down, child. I’ll carry that one.”
What if we took God up on his offer? We just might find ourselves traveling a little lighter.
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Bittersweet
- By: Shauna Niequist
- Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: August 10, 2010
- Language: English
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4.21(7812 ratings)
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4.21(7812 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDJoin New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist as she invites you to experience the precious gifts and wisdom that only come the hard way–through change, loss, and transition. In this collection of poignant essays,¬†Shauna reflectsJoin New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist as she invites you to experience the precious gifts and wisdom that only come the hard way–through change, loss, and transition.
In this collection of poignant essays, Shauna reflects on her own journey of making peace with change, the nuanced mix of excitement and heartbreak that comes with it, and the practices that offer us strength and hope along the way.
When life comes at us in waves, our first instinct is to dig in our heels and control what we can. A keen observer of life with a lyrical voice, Shauna offers another way–the way of letting the waves carry us into a deeper awareness of God’s presence in our lives, even in the midst of turmoil.
Drawing from her own experiences in a season of pain and chaos, Shauna shares her deeply personal struggles with:
- Difficult moves
- Career changes
- Marital stress
- Financial worries
- Life-altering loss
With honesty and hope, Shauna beautifully unwraps the complicated truth that in all things there is both something broken and something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness even on the darkest of nights, and that rejoicing is no less meaningful when it contains a splinter of sadness. A tribute to life at the edges, Bittersweet is a love letter to the bittersweet and sacred work that change does in us all.
Praise for Bittersweet:
“Bittersweet is so delicious I wanted to douse it in butter and syrup and eat the whole thing. I fell into a deep and genuine depression when I read the last word and there were no more. Be kind and please treat yourself to this book. It is lovely and hilarious and poignant in all the best ways that make me so deliriously happy as a reader.” —Jen Hatmaker, speaker and bestselling author of Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire and For the Love
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A Grief Observed
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrator: Douglas Gresham
- Length: 1 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 13, 2014
- Language: English
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4.21(15558 ratings)
4.21(15558 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDA classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnightA classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’s honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnight moments,” A Grief Observed an unflinchingly truthful account of how loss can lead even a stalwart believer to lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and the inspirational tale of how he can possibly regain his bearings.
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A Grief Observed
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrator: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 1 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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4.21(15559 ratings)
4.21(15559 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDWritten after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnight moments,” A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis’ honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This workWritten after his wife’s tragic death as a way of surviving the “mad midnight moments,” A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis’ honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: “Nothing will shake a man—or at any rate a man like me—out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself.”
This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.
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