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Grief, Hardship and Suffering

Dwell Support Groups

The Dwell Grief Ministry provides support for all age groups through various peer-led workshops designed to encourage, educate, and equip those grieving the death of a loved one. For more information on our programs, email grief@dwellcc.org.

Helpful Literature

  • Constructive Suffering (workbook), Amy Moreno & Lee Campbell
  • Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Tim Keller
  • The Call to Joy and Pain, Ajith Fernando
  • Shattered Dreams, Larry Crabb
  • Good Grief, Granger Westberg
  • Hope when You’re Hurting, Larry Crabb and Dan Allender
  • Heaven, Better by Far, J. Oswald Sanders
  • Affliction, Edith Schaeffer
  • Suffering and the heart of God: how trauma destroys and Christ restores, Diane Langberg
  • Coming Back, Anne Kaiser Stearns
  • Disappointment with God, Yancey
  • Don’t Waste Your Cancer, John Piper & David Powlison (You can download a free PDF file at Desiring God)
  • My Companion through Grief, Gary Kinnaman
  • How Long Oh Lord, D. A. Carson
  • When Life Isn’t Fair, Dwight Carlson, M.D. and Susan Carlson Wood
  • Another Valley, Another Victory, Another Love, Valetta Steel Crumley
  • Death and the Life After, Billy Graham
  • Grace for Grief, Michael and Brenda Pink
  • Heaven, My Father’s House, Anne Graham Lotz
  • How Can I Live With My Loss?, Tim Jackson
  • How to Recover from Grief, Richard Lewis Detrich, Nicola Steele
  • In Light of Eternity, Randy Alcorn

Dealing with Loss

  • A Grace Disguised, Jerry Sittser
  • A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
  • The Bereaved Parent, Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
  • Life After the Death of my Son. What I'm Learning, Dennis L Apple
  • When Your Soul Aches, Lois Mowday Rabey
  • Lament for a Son, Nicholas Wolterstorff
  • To Fly Again, Gracia Burnham
  • Living Through Mourning, Harriet Sarnoff Schiff

Dealing with Loss Related to Suicide 

  • Grieving a Suicide - A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers and Hope, Albert Y Hsu.
  • Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love, David B Bielbel and Suzanne L Foster.
  • Aftershock - Help, Hope, and Healing in the Wake of Suicide, David Cox and Candy Arrington
  • Goodbye Jeanine, Joyce Sackett