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What God Thinks When a Child Dies

By: Patty Whitacre

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What God Thinks When a Child Dies

By: Patty Whitacre

When someone loses someone they love, there is a period of grieving. If the death resulted in the loss of a close or significant relationship, the grieving can be really intense and cause us to blame ourselves or others and even God for the untimely death of our loved one. If that someone was your own child, the questions and what-ifs can be excruciating. If suicide was involved, the questions seem to never end, and guilt and shame can be debilitating. In our grief, we can lose sight of who God is. Based on Scripture, this book is an attempt to help those grieving see God and His character. The Trinity has different roles and characteristics they embody. Interweaved in each section are personal stories of loss and how the Trinity showed up during a time of the unimaginable loss of a child. After the death of my son, I struggled with praying and reading scriptures. I had a hard time focusing for any length of time, and I didn’t know where to begin reading. God took me on a journey by giving me a topic a day to explore in regard to His character and death, dying, and the care and comfort He has for us as we journey through this dark valley. No one’s journey is exactly alike. No one heals exactly in the same timeframe and way, but God is there with us, individually caring for us to help us find peace where we can continue our own journey till it is our own time to meet Him. We just need to be able to see and recognize Him along the way.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1638143218

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9781638143215

Spirituality in Young Adult Literature

The Last Taboo

By: Patty Campbell

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The Last Taboo

By: Patty Campbell

In a time when almost any gritty topic can be featured in a young adult novel, there is one subject that is avoided by writers and publishers. Faith and belief in God seldom appear in traditional form in novels for teens. The lack of such ideas in mainstream adolescent literature can be interpreted by teens to mean that these matters are not important. Yet a significant part of growing up is struggling with issues of spirituality. The underlying problem, of course, is that there are so few writers who are willing to talk to teenagers about God, even indirectly, or who themselves have the religious literacy for the task. Spirituality in Young Adult Literature: The Last Taboo tackles a subject rarely portrayed in fiction aimed at teens. In this volume, Patty Campbell examines not only realistic fiction, but young adult literature that deals with mysticism, apocalyptical end times, and even YA novels that depict the Divine Encounter. Campbell maintains that fantasy works are inherently spiritual, because the plots nearly always progress toward a showdown between good and evil. As such, the author surmises that the popularity of fantasy among teens may represent their interest in the mystical dimensions of faith and the otherworldly. In this study, Campbell examines works of fiction that express perspectives from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Distinguished YA novelist Chris Crowe provides a chapter on Mormon values and Mormon YA authors and how their novels integrate those values into their books. By looking at how spirituality is represented in novels aimed at teens, this book asks what progress, if any, has been made in slaying the taboo. Although most of the books discussed in this study are recent, an appendix lists YA books from 1967 to the present that have dealt with issues of faith. A timely look at an important subject, Spirituality in Young Adult Literature will be of interest to young adult librarians, junior and senior high school teachers, and students and instructors of college courses in adolescent literature, as well as to parents of teens.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442252391

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9781442252394

What God Thinks When a Child Dies

By: Patty Whitacre

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One Good Turn

By: Patty Joiner Hawthorne

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By: Patty Joiner Hawthorne

Mrs. Evans... Julia, Lucas and Helen loved you. They told me time and time again that they couldn't have loved you more if you had been their own daughter. That is why they have left their entire estate to you, the house, the land and the stocks. You are the sole beneficiary." Julia was shocked. "What do you mean, Mr. McBride? I...I'm not family. Isn't there someone else that is family? "Julia, Helen wrote this letter explaining it all to you. I hope when you read it you will understand. " Julia couldn't comprehend what she had just heard. The Clement's estate was worth a total of about ten million dollars, including land holdings in California and Colorado. "If you will sign these papers for me I can get started transferring everything into your name. I will send you the documentation as soon as I get it. Is there anything else I can do for you?

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Createspace Independent Pub

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1494204509

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What God Thinks When a Child Dies

What God Thinks When a Child Dies

Spirituality in Young Adult Literature

Spirituality in Young Adult Literature

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What God Thinks When a Child Dies

One Good Turn

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