Authors: Verdell Davis
ISBN-13: 9780849945335, ISBN-10: 084994533X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
On June 28, 1987, four Dallas-based Christian leaders were killed in an airplane crash as they were returning from a Focus on the Family retreat in Montana: George L. Clark, chairman of the board and CEO of MBank; Dr. Trevor E. Mabery, a surgeon who helped found Humana Hospital-Medical City; Hugo W. Schoelkopf III, an entrepreneur and sporting goods manufacturer; and Creath Davis, founder and director of Christian Concern Foundation.
Among the losses their families shared, Creath's wife, Verdell, also lost part of her identity: No longer was she a pastor's wife, and no longer was she sure what she believed. This deeply moving book, gleaned from parts of journals that she kept during the loss of her husband, offers a source of hope and healing for anyone experiencing grief. With remarkable honesty, courage, and generosity, she shares how to examine grief and ultimately find healing in the process.
1 | Rogue winds and rainbows | 1 |
2 | Light for the next step | 7 |
3 | Strong in the broken places | 15 |
4 | Questions Job and I asked | 23 |
5 | A long and painful journey | 31 |
6 | Do you want to get well? | 39 |
7 | I believe ... help thou mine unbelief | 49 |
8 | The greater miracle | 57 |
9 | Peace not as the world | 65 |
10 | My child ... | 73 |
11 | In the hands of the master potter | 81 |
12 | Too much for too long | 91 |
13 | Quiet desperation | 99 |
14 | Letting go | 109 |
15 | Life is gift | 119 |
16 | Making friends with loneliness | 129 |
17 | With open arms | 141 |