Grief
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also (Psalm 31:9).
The LCANZ offers a range of resources to support you as you grieve and to help you comfort those struggling with loss.
Lutheran Media
How do you cope with grief? We can experience grief when someone dies and also when we go through significant change and or loss, like moving house, changing jobs and relationship breakdown. Discover that there is hope to journey with your grief.
Lutheran Media offers a series of videos in which people talk about their experiences with grief of different kinds and where they find help and comfort. You can also listen to several Messages of hope programs for encouragement and inspiration to deal with grief and loss and download or ask to be sent one of a range of booklets.
- Grief: Where Sadness and Hope Meet print booklet and PDF download
- God is bigger than your grief PDF download
- Dealing With Miscarriage | Miscarriage Support video
- Losing Mike But Keeping Hope podcast
- Finding hope in miscarriage podcast
- Take Heart In Your Grief print booklet and PDF download
- Surviving a Loved One's Suicide PDF download
Lutheran Tract Mission
Lutheran Tract Mission offers a number of tracts that you may find comforting when you are struggling with loss or helpful when visiting a bereaved person.
These include:
- Prayers in time of grief leaflet
- The God of all comfort leaflet
- Choose LIFE after loss leaflet
- My sincerest sympathy card
- My sympathy and love to you leaflet
- When Christians die leaflet
Child, Youth and Family Ministries
LCA Child, Youth and Family Ministries has a series of articles with linked resources to help families and individuals dealing with grief and loss.
These include:
- Processing the pain – We all need different ways of making meaning from our experiences. When we share our struggles with others, it helps us to process the emotions and feelings we are wrestling with.
- How do we help when someone has one of those life-changing days? – When our friends or congregation members are in times of crisis, we are eager to help. But often when we call, we express our sympathy and then say, 'Please let me know what I can do!' This may not be the most helpful way to support each other. These are practical ideas on how to help.
Other LCANZ resources
The Ministry with the Ageing page has a section on bereavement and funeral planning, which may be helpful on a practical level.
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