The Church Lobby Ep 112: Making Room for Loss and Grief In Life and Ministry, with Leanne Friesen
Karl Vaters interviews Leanne Friesen about grief. Specifically, 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. Karl and Leanne also talk about how to process those feelings ourselves.
Leanne is a former pastor and is 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.
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- 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 video
How to Give People Room When They’re Not “Getting Over” Their Grief, with Leanne Friesen
Karl Vaters interviews 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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