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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Pastoral Care in the Grief Setting | |
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| Suggested Orders of Service | |
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| Suggested Scripture Readings | |
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| A Collection of Appropriate Poems | |
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| Guiding Thoughts for the Funeral Setting | |
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| Walking Through the Valley Psalm 23 | |
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| Living and Dying in Christ Philippians 1:19-26 | |
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| The Short Step of Death 1 Samuel 20:1-4 | |
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| The Gift of Sleep Psalm 127 | |
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| Loneliness, Suicide, and Hope (For One Who Committed Suicide) John 16:31-33 | |
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| The Lord Gives and Takes Job 1:19-21 | |
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| Our Strength and Resting Place Psalm 46 | |
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| God Loves All Children (For a Child Dead at, or Soon After, Birth) 2 Samuel 12:15-23 | |
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| Suffering and God's Grace (For One Having Suffered Long) 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 | |
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| The Shining Light of the Just (For an Aged Mother) Proverbs 4:18 | |
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| To Remember, Comfort, and Claim 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | |
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| The Death of His Saints (For the Saintly Woman) Psalm 116:1-15 | |
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| The Real Measure of Success (For the Saintly Man) Psalm 90:10 | |
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| God and the Natural Order Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 | |
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| Finishing the Race 2 Timothy 4:6-8 | |
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| Living in the Midst of Mystery John 13:1-7 | |
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| The Mark of a Quality Life (For One Who Loved Well) John 13:13-17, 33-35 | |
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| Abiding Security Psalm 91 | |
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| Christ Goes Before Us John 14:1-7 | |
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| Life After Death Job 14:14 | |
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| My Yoke Is Easy, and My Burden Is Light Matthew 11:27-30 | |
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| The Need for Something Secure Job 1:2-3;42:10 | |
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| A Collection of Prayers and Benedictions | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| About the Author | |