Grief and loss are parts of living. None of us escape. How can
you console someone when words can never be enough? In The Gift
of Encouragement, author Marjorie Thompson offers practical
help to give confidence and skill to pastors, Stephen ministers,
congregational caregivers, and other persons serving those who need
comfort.
With a central message on the importance of simply being there,
Rev. Thompson combines practical how-to’s with ways for pastors to
introduce the spiritual disciplines for more hopeful and satisfied
living. The book will contain prayers, scriptures, ways to think
about the sacraments, suggestions for how to begin practicing
spiritual disciplines, and thoughts about how faith in God can
restore our courage and heart in times of loss. This small book
gives real ways to help to help you as you make visits, write
notes, find appropriate scriptures and prayers, avoid clichés,
and think through the presence of God in dark and searching
times.