You sit with people on the hardest day. Chaplains, counselors, hospice nurses, funeral directors, sponsors, pastors, the friend who answers at two in the morning.
Most of what's out there to hand someone either preaches, sells, or throws stones at the church. These books do none of that. They're free. There's no email, no sign-up, nothing to buy, and no ask at the end. Nobody you send them to will be recruited into anything.
Which one to send
Match the night they're having. Each link opens straight to the right book.
They can't sleep, and nothing is fixed yet.
Their work ended, and they don't know who they are the morning after.
They left church years ago, and they figure that settled it.
They think they've gone too far to be worth looking for.
They want to come home, and they're scared of the reception.
They're waiting for someone they love to come home.
They'd rather someone just read it to them.
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Reading it aloud
You're welcome to read any of these chapters aloud: in a group, at a service, beside a bed. No permission needed and nothing to fill out.
Want Steve in the room?
He speaks to churches, community groups and gatherings of people who've just retired, and he'll read at grief and remembrance services. Here's how to ask.