This book will help you find your place within grief ministry, as well as plan the ministry from first response to spiritual guidance. Curley pays attention to all the factors contributing to a grief minister's multifaceted work, including parish support and his or her own loss history. Symptoms of loss, trust, and hints for conversations with the grieving are topics touched by this detailed and sensitive guide. This book helps grief ministers through the reaching-out process and is a necessary tool for parishes, hospices, educational institutions, and all those attending to the bereaved.
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