If you've lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend, you've discovered that few people understand the deep hurt you feel. Where do you turn for daily comfort and help? Where do you find the tools to move forward? Through a Season of Grief is the first 365-day devotional designed to support and uplift you in the first, most difficult year of bereavement.

As you read through the pages of this 365-day devotional, you will better understand the grieving process and will receive needed encouragement along the way.

These devotions offer biblical comfort and practical teaching that will enable you to take steps forward each day toward healing, including devotions specifically geared toward supporting you through your grief such as:
How to embrace the grieving process
How to cope when the meal train ends
Who to turn to when you can’t control your emotions

More than thirty respected Christian professionals—including Anne Graham Lotz, Kay Arthur, Jack Hayford, Elisabeth Elliot, Norman Wright, Barbara Johnson, and Luis Palau—share their insights on how to walk through the devastation of grief toward wholeness and hope. You will hear from people like you who have lost a loved one and have found God's healing presence amid despair.

This unique devotional is based on GriefShare®, a national grief recovery support group program that has helped more than 100,000 families.

Authors:
Bill Dunn graduated from Asbury College and received a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1982. During the next fifteen years he served in two pastorates in North Carolina, one in Kill Devil Hills and one in Raleigh. Since 1997 Bill has worked on the staff of Church Initiative developing materials to help churches implement effective ministries and outreaches.

Bill enjoys skiing with his wife at Killington Ski Resort, playing guitar in the worship band at his church, and reading all kinds of books. He and Holly reside in Vermont with their two miniature dachshunds, Bella and Uma. They have one daughter, Jessica, who lives and works in North Carolina.

Kathy Leonard is the editorial director for Church Initiative, the organization that created GriefShare, DivorceCare, DivorceCare for Kids, and Single & Parenting. She has been writing and editing for over twenty years and is a graduate of the University of Maryland Asian Division.
She is coauthor of Through a Season of Grief: Devotions for Your Journey from Mourning to Joy; DivorceCare: Hope, Help, and Healing During and After Your Divorce; and Grieving with Hope: Finding Comfort As You Journey Through Loss. These books correlate with the insights and counsel presented in Church Initiative's support group programs, found in over 20,000 churches around the world (www.churchinitiative.org).

Kathy and her husband, Tim, live in Palmyra, Virginia, and have three children. Kathy enjoys reading, cooking, dancing, and spending time with family and friends.