Grief Support Resources

Resources to support you as you go through the dying and grieving process.

Online Grief Resources

Resources for Grieving

Paul Bennett’s Blog

Scripture for Funerals 

Music for Funerals

Roman Catholic Funerals

Vigil, Wake, Funeral, Committal

Books on Grieving

As Much Time as it Takes: A Guide for the Bereaved, their Families and Friends by Martin Keough

Facing Death and Finding Hope by Christine Longaker

Good Grief by Granger E. Westberg

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis.

The Grief Recovery Handbook by J.W. James and Russell Friedman

Guests of My Life by Elizabeth Watson

Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Alan Wolfelt

How We Grieve: Relearning the World by Thomas Attig

I Can’t Stop Crying by Rev. John D. Martin

The Journey Through Grief: Reflections on Healing by Alan Wolfelt

Learning To Say Goodbye: When A Parent Dies by Eda LeShan

Living When A Loved One Has Died by Rabbi Earl A. Grollman

Loving Grief by Paul Bennett

On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

Praying Our Goodbyes by Joyce Rupp

The Story Of Ruth by Joan Chittister and John August Swanson

To Love Again: Finding Comfort and Meaning in Times of Grief by Jean Monbourquette

Understanding Your Grief:  Ten Essential Touchstones by Alan Wolfelt

 Books on Death and Dying

Anam Cara by John O’Donohue (Chapter 6 )

The Best Day the Worst Day by Donald Hall

Death And Then What? by Marc Oraison

Death The Final Stage of Growth by  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Eternal Life: A New Vision by John Shelby Spong

Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies by Marta Felber

Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelley

Friends of God and Prophets (see Chapters 10 & 11) by Elizabeth Johnson

Gone From My Sight: The Dying Experience by Barbara Karnes

How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr

Jung on Death and Immortality as Selected & Introduced by Jenny Yates

Karl Rahner on Death and Life After Death

Life After Death The Burden of Proof by Deepak Chopra

Life with Jane Kenyon

Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow by Forrest Church

The Mystery of Death by Ladislaus Boros

New Images of the Last Things by Marie Murphy

No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

On Death and Dying by  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The Painted Bed by Donald Hall

The Theology of Death by Karl Rahner

Spiritual, Ethical and Pastoral Aspects of Death and Bereavement