A force of will
Subtitle: the reshaping of faith in a year of grief
By: Mike Stavlund
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780801015113
Subjects: Grief; Death; Children; Religious aspects; Christianity
Description: When Mike Stavlund's four-month-old son suddenly died, a flood of cards, flowers, meals, phone calls, and gifts let his family know that they were loved and cared for. Less welcome were the books, in particular the religious books. Often impossibly upbeat, saccharine sweet, and with all kinds of confident promises, they were too painful to read and too offensive to bear. Instead Mike wrote this book, one week at a time during that first terrible year. A Force of Will explores the stark reality of loss, the alienation from all of life, the feeling of suffocation at the hands of the well-meaning people gathered around, and the sense of being abandoned by God. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.