“I truly think reading this book will help everyone because thinking about the subject and your personal experience is what needs to be consciously dealt with.”
—Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and 101 Exercises for the Soul
Profound loss and the often completely debilitating grief that is its inevitable aftermath, can destroy even the strongest among us. Now, in And God Created Hope (Marlowe & Co. January 2007, 1-56924-267-4), Rabbi and longtime grief counselor Dr. Mel Glazer gives comforting form to a crucial insight: That some of the thousands-year-old books of the Old Testament are a source of hope for the most grieving among us.
Drawing upon the key books of the Old Testament, Glazer uses early Biblical stories as a jumping-off point to explore the main themes of grief recovery, including bargaining, fear, shock and anger, wandering, faith and strength, forgiveness, legacy, creating a new family, and preparing for the future. Glazer devotes particular attention to the "special grief of grief" that he recognizes can arise through a loss from tragedy. All along, Glazer illuminates the profound ways that early Biblical stories and their themes show us how to "lay them gently down," so we may move through and beyond grief into a life of hope and fulfillment.
Mel Glazer, DD, DMin, a certified grief recovery specialist, has been a congregational rabbi for more than 30 years. He counsels, lectures, and conducts workshops in the interfaith community across the U.S. and Canada, and has written for theological and general interest publications. His work has been featured on TV, radio, and the Internet, and he writes a regular column for the Pocono Record. Rabbi Glazer lives with his wife, Ellen, in Stroudsburg, PA. |
