Sermon Illustrations about Grief
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A Coach's Eulogy for His Wife
In mid-February (2016), Monty Williams, an Assistant Coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder pro basketball team, stood at his wife's funeral to give ...
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Stephen Colbert on Gratitude in Suffering
GQ magazine's interview with talk show host Stephen Colbert explored how he found gratitude in the midst of suffering ("The Late, Great Stephen Colbert.") ...
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Secular Writer Describes Her Grief
In her book The Year of Magical Thinking, author Joan Didion tries to make sense of her world after the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion ...
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Your Bill Is Paid in Full
Earlier this month, Debbie and Shaun Riddle went to the West Side Cafe in Fort Worth for lunch. The couple are regulars at the restaurant and their waitress, ...
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Christian Village of ISIS Victims Reacts to Relatives' Deaths
While the world watches the actions of the ISIS terrorist group with outrage and horror, a story of Egyptian Christians reacting to the loss of their ...
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Actor Nick Nolte's Advice on Failure
When asked by GQ magazine about the best advice he has to offer, actor Nick Nolte said,
This is going to sound strange, but my best advice is to accept ...
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Can People Die of a ‘Broken Heart’?
BBC news writer Stephen Evans was curious—he'd heard account after account of long-married elderly couples who, sometimes inexplicably, died ...
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Life-sized Dolls Illustrate Grief and Loss
We've all experienced the loss of loved ones. Family, friends, neighbors, valuable members of our community taken by death, or perhaps simply having ...
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Kay Warren's Advice for Comforting Grievers
Rick and Kay Warren's son Matthew committed suicide at the age of 27 after a long struggle with mental illness. About a year after his death, Kay Warren ...
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Woman Writes Letter to Her Aborted Children
Patricia Raybon honestly shares the regret and grief she carried after aborting two children. She writes, "I had told myself that an abortion would end ...
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