title: Gone but Not Lost: Grieving the Death of a Child
author: David W. Wiersbe
description: <b>Hope for the brokenhearted<br /><br /></b>We all expect our parents to precede us in death. No one expects to have to make their child's funeral arrangements. And the loss of a child brings with it a special and persistent manifestation of grief that can feel "like a stomachache that never ends."<br /><br /><i>Gone but Not Lost </i>is a thoughtful gift for a family that has experienced the death of a child. Each of its brief chapters covers one element of grief, bringing the grieving through sorrow and helping them deal with feelings of anger or guilt as well as the marital strain that may follow the loss of a beloved child.<br /><br />This helpful resource has been revised and updated to bring comfort to a new generation.<br /><br /><b>David W. Wiersbe </b>has been a pastor for over thirty years and is currently serving his fourth church. He considers ministry to the grieving to be an important part of his calling and has worked with fire and rescue units as well as local support groups for the grieving. He is the author of <i>The Dynamics of Pastoral Care</i>, as well as coauthor of four books with his father, and lives in Minnesota.
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  Praise for A LONG WAY GONE
  
  
  
  
  
  “Beah…speaks in a distinctive voice, and he tells an important story.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —JOHN CORRY, The Wall Street Journal
  
  
  
  
  
  “Americans tend to regard African conflicts as somewhat vague events signified
  by horrendous concepts—massacres, genocide, mutilation—that are best kept
  safely at a distance. Such a disconnect might prove impossible after reading A
  Long Way Gone,…a clear-eyed, undeniably compelling look at wartime
  violence…Gone finds its power in the revelation that under the right
  circumstances, people of any age can find themselves doing the most
  unthinkable things.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —GILBERT CRUZ, Entertainment Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  “His honesty is exacting, and a testament to the ability of children ‘to
  outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.’”
  
  
  
  
  
  —The New Yorker
  
  
  
  
  
  “This absorbing account…goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in
  revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of
  warfare…Told in clear, accessible language by a young