A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss - Softcover

Gerald L. Sittser

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310219310 ISBN 13: 9780310219316

Publisher: Zondervan, 1998

Synopsis

Loss came suddenly for Gerald Sittser. In an instant, a tragic accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience loss in such a catastrophic form, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know as well the grace that transforms it. A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of our sorrows, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life -- one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The experience of loss does not have to be the defining moment of our lives, writes Gerald Sittser. Instead, the defining moment can be our response to the loss. It is not what happens to us that matters so much as what happens in us. Sittser knows. A tragic accident introduced him to loss of a magnitude few of us encounter. But this is not a book about one man's sorrow. It's about the grace that can transform us in the midst of sorrow. For those experiencing loss, A Grace Disguised offers a compassionate, deeply affirming message of hope, richness in living, and joy not after the darkness, but even in the midst of it. Now in softcover.

From the Author:

Gerald L. Sittser is associate professor of religion at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. He is the author of The Adventure (selected by the Guideposts Book Club) and Loving Across Our Differences

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0310219310
• ISBN 13: 9780310219316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190