Leanne Friesen knows about grief. As a former pastor and the author of Grieving Room: Making Space for All the Hard Things after Death and Loss, she talks with wisdom and compassion about the difficult, but important principles she learned as she went through the death of her sister more than a decade ago.
In this conversation, Leanne and I talk specifically about how pastors, family members, and other caring people can help give people the room to process their grief when they go through a profound loss. We also address how to process those feelings ourselves.
Links
- Grieving Room: Making Space for All the Hard Things after Death and Loss
- Instagram: @Grieving.Room and @leanne_friesen
- LeanneFriesen.com
- Facebook: A Little Bit of Grieving Room
Bonus Content
How to Give People Room When They’re Not “Getting Over” Their Grief, with Leanne Friesen
A subscribers-only conversation with Leanne Friesen about one of the hardest aspects of grief – what happens when you can’t seem to “get over it” the way people seem to think you should?
As Leanne explains, when a loved one dies, the ones who have lost them need room for grief to be a part of their lives for the rest of their life. By recognizing this, they can deal with it in a much healthier way.
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
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