When Your People Are Grieving: Leading in Times of Loss

by Harold Ivan Smith

Book Overview

Once upon a time it would have been taken for granted that a pastor's responsibility as shepherd and "curer of souls" would be to be present for the griever. The Gallup Organization reported in 1997 that only one in three believe a member of the clergy could be comforting in a time of loss; only one in four say that it is "very important" for a member of the clergy to be on hand when a person is dying. Death and dying have become very secularized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083411898X
• ISBN13: 9780834118980
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Nedd help with a grieving community?

Smith writes on a subject many authors do not touch on - that of how to counsel a grieving group. His approach is not to ignore individual grief, but instead to move beyond it. A very easy read and good prespective for a working minister.