Tom Morris

Life always includes its share of losses and good-byes. Coping and growing in and through change and loss is part of the process of life here on earth. It is my hope and prayer that this book and others will be a guide to you on your journey through life.

This is the camp student journal handbook for high school students attending a GrievingTeens Grief Camp. It also can be a help to a family or office discussion of loss. We will help you organize a grief camp in your area that meets these goals and objectives. Our mission is to see people grow through grief and become people equipped to help others throughout their lives. For more information go to grievingteens.com or grievingteensgriefcamp.com

It is often heard, "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" although many feel anything but happy or merry at this season or during any season, due to loss in their lives. The Christmas or Holiday season, when people gather with friends and family, accentuates the losses in our human experience. This is due to the absence or the longing to be with those who are not with us at this season. Whether it is a death, a divorce, or a loss of a job, or a move that separates us from those we miss and love, the holidays can be joyous on the outside and agony inside. Some can pretend, while others just cannot, due to the pain. igriefresources.com Grievingteens.com GrievingTeensPublishing.com ChristmasGriefBooks.com

Facing our own mortality is difficult. When facing death or a loss it is natural to react in pain and grief. Many people are "torn down" by grief, and it sets them back. Some never recover. I've written this and other books to let you know that growth from death or loss is an option. It is a goal that can be achieved with effort. It is a choice. Choose growth, and choose life. The decision is yours.

So you are a Youth Pastor or Youth Worker, and someone dies. It could be the grandparent, or parent of a youth in your ministry. Or it could be a youth in your youth who is killed in a terrible accident, or it could be a student in a local high school or middle school. How will you respond to help the families, the individuals in your youth group or the youth in the local high school? Could it be that God has put you in the situation for a divine purpose? I think that is why you are reading this now. I don't believe in accidents. I'd venture to guess that there is a reason behind why you are reading this even now! This is not the typical book for a youth pastor. But this book is about real life problems that happen everyday and in some way affects many of the youth in your group and could be a way to come to know others deeply in a matter of hours.

This is a book on "how to" coach grief groups in Public Schools in America. The principles would apply around the globe. After the "how to" it gives you the "what to do" on a weekly basis.

Freedom was an issue in the time of Luther. Freedom is still an issue. Is freedom unlimited or are there limits. People and nations today wrestle with this issue. Consider these ideas as you address this issue in your life and world. ""A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none, a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.""

Grief is a process that you must work through and it is not time limited. Some never work through grief while others work through it and return to a life changed but directed again to the future. Grief will affect all of us. Christians have hope but still grieve. This book will help you or a friend work through grief. This is a devotional that will encourage you and draw you closer to your heavenly Father who deeply loves you and wants to be close to you = your Daddy.

Lewis' feelings and musings about his wife's death were first published in 1961. Since then it has helped thousands and thousands of people who have read it or have spoken of its contents. This study is to encourage you to read the book in its entirety. It is to help you grapple with issues of grief that Lewis and all mankind struggles with in grief. It is to help you grapple with issues of grief that everyone faces in loss. Each page is designed to be a discussion session for a group or 5-12 students. Discuss the passage of A Grief Observed prior to delving into the questions. Allow each student to respond to the first question before going on to the next. Allow for more time if some student has difficulty understanding or answering the question. It is my hope that these will assist you in helping young people make sense of death(s) in their lives. This book was written to help teens in grief support groups. It is my hope it can be a help to you and others.

Even though it seems unrecoverable, you can grow through loss and what feels like you have lost everything.