Jottings in Bereavement: A Christian Reflects on the Death of His Wife - Softcover

Griffiths, Tudor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901949265 ISBN 13: 9781901949261

Publisher: Terra Nova Publications, 2003

Synopsis

An Episcopalian minister reflects, in the light of his faith, on the death in a car accident of his wife. Deeply moving, practical, and helpful for all who have lost a loved one.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, writes:

"There are all too few books which describe honestly what it is like for people who truly believe in the resurrection to face bereavement in its most violent and wrenching forms. But Christian confidence in the God who raises the dead can only be commended to real human beings if it is able to stand in the face of the worst that life and death can do.

"Tudor believes in the resurrection, and here he witnesses to it in just such circumstances. With a real echo of C.S. Lewis’s great work, A Grief Observed, he sketches just what it is that is lost when a loved partner dies —the jokes, the sex, the prayers, the unspoken shared stories. And he does this in a situation where there is not even time—as in Lewis’s story—to get used to the idea of loss, where death appears just as an instantaneous and meaningless accident.

"This is a book of great courage and luminous faith. Having had the immense privilege of working closely with Tudor for several years, I have experienced something of the toughness and depth of his faith, which has overflowed into some of the most creative and generous mission I have seen. What is written here is mission as well —not providing answers or comforting noises, but showing quite simply how and where Christ is found in the heart of human loss, and so how the world in its darkest places is still inhabited by the living God. As Tudor writes, healing love is to be met ‘in a place of suffering and exile’. The believer will thank God; the unbeliever, by God’s grace, may begin to wonder what could possibly make a world that is so deeply owned and possessed by love."

About this edition

• Publisher: Terra Nova Publications
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1901949265
• ISBN 13: 9781901949261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96