In this small but powerful book, Larry Warner, author of Journey with Jesus, thoughtfully and sacrificially opens his soul, gently bringing the reader along on a journey through grief. His story is unique to him, but many of the emotions he suffered and the insights he gained are universal.

This book is divided into two sections: a helpful comfort for the grieving, and a guide for those who choose to travel with them.

Part One is an explicit, honest description of the abyss that is grief. This section helps to normalize the unprecedented and unpredictable behaviors of grief, encouraging freedom and honesty in the processing of the pain, and offering timely glimmers of hope.

Part Two is a straight-forward manual for walking with someone through the abyss: simple, sensible and direct. The role of comforter is not to be taken on lightly; the journey is often long and difficult, but the ministry of presence is profoundly meaningful.

This book gives people permission to grieve as they can and as they must while also equipping others to come alongside those who are hurting in ways that promote healing. This is a book for those who are suffering loss and for those who desire to be a help to those walking through their first year of grief.

About the Author

Larry Warner, who refers to himself as the beloved of God and enjoys going barefoot, is a teacher, a pastor and a spiritual director. He has a MA in Theology and is an associate professor in the area of spiritual formation, Ignatian spirituality, and spiritual direction, currently teaching at the Institute of Spiritual Formation at Biola University and Bethel Seminary, San Diego, and has taught in the Master of Ministry program, Pt. Loma Nazarene University. As a spiritual director, Larry meets with pastors and church leadership throughout the world. He is a retreat leader, author of Journey with Jesus also Discernment, God's Will & Living Jesus and co-author of Imaginative Prayer for Youth Ministry. In 2005 he founded b (b- ing.org), a spiritual support organization for pastors, missionaries, seminar- ians and church staffs, which encourages them to open to God's love and to live Jesus in new and deeper ways. Larry has a varied vocational background. He was a youth pastor for eleven years, a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff for six years, and a senior pastor for ten years before founding and leading b for nearly twelve years. Though roles and experiences changed, his passion has remained the same: to help people more fully embrace God's love and to live more fully into and out of the person God has called and created them to be, free to love and serve others in life giving ways. Larry has been married for over 40 years; he is a father of four and a grandfather of six.

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