Losing means grieving. Grieving means choices. Choices mean hurt or healing. You’ve lost someone you love. Or you’re on the brink of losing your marriage. Your dreams. Your health. Or perhaps the trauma of your past pursues you into the present. Your life’s going to change. Which way it goes won’t be decided by your loss, but by the choices you make. At the crossroads of grief, one road will lead to hope and healing. The other, to more hurt. Hope When Your Heart Is Breaking is an honest look at both roads, and how your greatest loss can lead to your greatest gain. Author Ron Hutchcraft writes from the deep well of his own devastating loss and grief, and points you to the practical steps that lead to peace and wholeness. This book is a pathway to hope—a roadmap through the pain of grief and loss. Discover new strength through a new closeness to others and to God. And make the decisions that lead to comfort, growth, and life.

Hope is one of the prominent themes of the Bible. Despite Scripture's teaching on the subject, however, the true, biblical meaning of hope is often misunderstood or reduced to mere sentimentalism. Respected author and counselor June Hunt champions the healing power of hope. Stemming from Hunt's ministry, Hope For the Heart, this book speaks on a subject central to her calling. She explains how hope is much more than a vague emotion and specifies the ways it has the power to change lives. Shunning pop psychology and shallow inspirationalism, she instead consistently and faithfully looks at what the Bible says about hope. Each chapter flows from a central Scripture passage and is illustrated by real-life stories. Those experiencing brokenness and hurt will find encouragement and healing as they encounter the hope of the Bible. Written from a counselor's heart, this book will also benefit pastors and others engaged in counseling ministry.

The book doesn't reference abstract studies or bore you with statistics, and has three parts: * The first section, Heart, focuses on inspiring stories of DSPs and the wonderful outcomes they achieve working with people with I/DD * The second part, Hope, provides details of our DSP Magnet® program and step-by-step actions providers can apply now with existing resources * The third section, Honesty, looks at longer-term options for providers that do not rely on more government funding What others are saying: “Craig and Scott have cracked the code... They do it through a masterful use of storytelling, teaching and sharing real world results. There are no magic answers, but ‘Heart, Hope & Honesty’ shows you a smart, new path to recruit, retain and build a culture that will transform your organization and the lives of those you support!” — John Dickerson, CEO Quillo (spent 42 years with The Arc) “Provider friends, please order the book today! I read it cover-to-cover and it's just spot on.” — James W. Steele, Executive Director, Ohio Valley Residential Services “I loved the book. The stories about DSPs and people we support are great and there’s nothing like this out there. You have provided legitimacy to an aspect of our field that has been so overlooked, so thank you, thank you. I can’t wait to hold a finished copy!” — Anna Jeffries, Public Information Officer, Licking County Board of DD

Photographs and rhythmic text explore the meaning of hope and celebrate its power, especially in difficult times.

Understanding more of God's character and how he loves us changed bestselling author Holley Gerth's life in beautiful, powerful ways. She realized that she didn't have to settle for "I'm fine" when there was someone whispering to her in every moment, "You're mine." The hope, joy, peace, and purpose she longed for were already there, in the heart of God. Now in 52 devotional readings, Holley shares with women the answer to the restlessness they feel in their hearts that keeps them hurrying, striving, pushing. She shows them that "the God who scattered stars like diamonds across the velvet of the universe, the keeper of every sparrow, the maker of us all, is inviting us to draw closer to him. He is the place where our hearts can go on the hard days and the happy ones, in the highs and lows, when we are sad or frustrated or downright giddy. He is what we've been searching for all along."

Grieving occurs in many situations in life; grief is usually associated with death, but it can occur after any loss-divorce, layoffs, the end of a friendship.