Conference for Bereaved Parents
Our Hearts Are Home YouTube Channel
We invite you to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Helpful videos for bereaved parents are in production and will be added to our channel soon.
How to Help a Grieving Parent During the Holidays
Other Ministries
While We’re Waiting
We highly recommend attending a Retreat for Bereaved Parents or visiting a monthly support group through the While We’re Waiting ministry. Additionally, the closed Facebook page is a special community that is comforting to grieving parents.
Grief Share
Shortly after Nathan went to Heaven, we attended Grief Share, and actually went through the program a second time. The thirteen weeks of short videos, workbook, and discussion were comforting and helped us understand the many facets of grief. Although the sessions are geared toward those who have lost any loved one, there are always many participants who have lost a child. If you prefer a group only focusing on the loss of a child, please contact us and we will help you find an online group of bereaved parents. (griefshare.org)
Books
A Grief Observed
This book doesn’t take long to read, but will profoundly touch your heart and mind. Lewis eloquently and honestly puts on paper what we all are feeling and thinking when we lose someone dear to us. This is an incredibly helpful read.
A Grace Disguised
Jerry Sittser’s journey through the loss of his wife, mother, and daughter as the result of being hit by a drunk driver resonates with anyone who has lost someone. Like C. S. Lewis, Sittser asks himself the difficult questions and his doubts, fears, failures, pain, hopes, and trust will comfort and challenge your soul. This is one of our favorites.
Additional Books
Grieving a Suicide by Albert Hsu
When Your Family’s Lost a Loved One by Nancy Guthrie
Through the Storm by Dan Gerdes
Hearing Jesus Speak Into Your Sorrow by Nancy Guthrie
Suffering by Paul David Tripp
Suffering Is Never For Nothing by Elisabeth Elliott
A Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God’s Mercy and Our Pain by Elisabeth Elliot
When a Daughter Dies by Ben Witherington
Where is God When It Hurts by Phillip Yancey
Hope for Hurting Hearts by Greg Laurie
Missing the Child You Love by H. Norman Wright
Grieving the Loss of a Loved One by H. Norman Wright
Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstoff
Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman