Like a common, yet unique thumb print, so is loss. Loss comes in all shapes and sizes. Some loss is open and obvious; other losses are private. Some losses are easily defined while others are ambiguous. Yet common to all loss is pain and common to all pain is grief. And the purpose of grief is to send us toward healing. That is - Making Peace with Our Pain.

Learn more with this informational video.

This is a resource for grief.

The objective is not to move you from point A to Z as the grief journey is not linear in that way. This course is a tool - a tool for grieving. A tool for helping you make peace with your pain. This course is a place for you to process your pain. By processing your pain we mean...

Helping your loss find its good and proper place in your life.

A place where your loss is:

Honored.
Remembered.
Has its proper effect on your life.

Objective

To help you grieve, by processing your loss, with an eye towards making peace with your pain.

Framework

The framework for this resource is grounded in the following three beliefs for finding peace in our pain:

God is with us in our pain. Very often, painful moments leave us feeling that God is distant. This is not the case. God is near to you in your pain. This resource will help you see God in your pain.
We need to express our pain. Processing our thoughts and feelings is important in the grieving journey. This resource will help you put expression to your pain and thereby grieve.
We need the support of others. Grieving can be very isolating. We want others in and yet we don't. Others want to help you, but they may not know how. This resource will give you some helps in accessing support from people.

Participation

This resource has been designed for individual use. However, it is possible to engage with others and walk through the resource with others. Upon sign on, select the mode you wish.

A Living Resource

This resource will live in your Learning Connection library as long as you wish it to be there. You are free to visit it as often as is helpful.

Four categories organize the topical lessons contained in this resource. These lessons are common to grief, and we hope these can bless your journey in make peace with your pain. The contents are as follows:

Acknowledging the loss:

- Naming the loss.
- Facing the loss.

Supporting the loss:

- Physical care in loss.
- Comfort in loss.
- Triggered again in loss.

Feeling the loss:

- Shock in loss.
- Anger in loss.
- Regret in loss.

Moving forward with the loss:

- Identity after loss.
- Transition after loss.
- Worship in loss.
- Extending forgiveness after loss.

Lessons

Each lesson will vary in length depending on the user. Thirty minutes is a reasonable estimation for completing a lesson. The lessons are created to help you process your loss in light of the topic at hand. Four slides will comprise each lesson.

Slide 1: Content - This slide will give you the opportunity to learn some needed content regarding a relevant grief topic.

Slide 2: Seeing God - This slide is intended to help you see God's presence in the chosen topic. It will give you the opportunity to both speak & listen to God regarding your pain.

Slide 3: Expressing ourselves - This slide is intended to help you outlet your pain. It will give you the opportunity to both speak & listen to yourself.

Slide 4: Letting others in - This slide will help you learn how to console and be consoled by others. Prompts and encouragement will be given to speak & listen to others.

Making Peace with our Pain & Loss