Love Is! (Paperback or Softback)

Love Is! is more than just one man’s story—it is an invitation to every heart that grieves the loss of a loved one. When Frank Hasel lost the love of his life, everything turned upside down and he was thrust into a world of aching absence and unexpected responsibilities as a young widower and father of three. In these pages, he shares his raw, honest journey through grief as a fellow traveler.

This book is not a manual—it is a companion. Frank’s reflections do not offer easy answers, but they do offer something deeper: hope, presence, and a powerful reminder that while death may take a loved one, it cannot take the love others carry for them. Love Is! explores how grief and grace can coexist and how gratitude can grow even in the darkest seasons.

Whether readers are grieving a lost “heart hero”—someone whose love shaped their world—or simply want to understand how to offer real, “helpful help” in times of loss, this book speaks to the human journey of holding on and letting go.

Frank M. Hasel, PhD, is an author and theologian and serves as associate director at the Biblical Research Institute in Silver Spring, MD, USA. He is the author of the bestselling book Longing for God: A Bible-Prayer Journal (2017) and Living for God: Reclaiming the Joy of Christian Virtue (2020).

Nicholas P. Wolterstorff is the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, and author of many books including Until Justice and Peace Embrace (1983), Lament for a Son (1987), Divine Discourse (1995), Justice: Rights and Wrongs (2008), Justice in Love (2011), Art Rethought (2015), Acting Liturgically (2018), and Religion in the University (2019).