A Long Letting Go: Meditations on Losing Someone You Love

Wise, nurturing reflections for caregivers letting go of loved ones

This beautiful volume of reflections by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre is for family members and friends who are doing the life-changing work of accompanying someone on the final stretch of his or her journey. In quiet counterpoint to our hurried lives, A Long Letting Go invites caregivers to slow down for reflection and prayer as they prepare to say good-bye to a beloved friend or family member and grieve that loss.

Based on McEntyre's personal and professional experience with the dying, these gentle meditations -- each consisting of a short opening quote, a reflection, and a prayer -- offer comfort, direction, hope, and respite to caregivers during a difficult season of their lives.

Author: Marilyn McEntyre
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 07/20/2015
Pages: 135
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780802873101

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 02/17/2016 pg. 43

About the Author

Marilyn McEntyre is the award-winning author of several books on language and faith, including Where the Eye Alights, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, When Poets Pray, Make a List, Word by Word, and What's in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause, winner of the 2015 Christianity Today book award in spirituality.