Helping Youth Grieve: The Good News of Biblical Lament - Softcover

Yoder, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498220428 ISBN 13: 9781498220422

Verlag: Resource Publications, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Suicide, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health illnesses have dramatically increased among adolescents in recent decades. Our American culture demands high levels of success and propagates a "feel good" attitude that denies pain, loss, and failure. Churches contribute to these distressing realities among youth. Our theology associates "being happy" with "true faithfulness" to God, overemphasizing praise and thanksgiving while neglecting lament, even though lament comprises the largest number of Psalms. There is much good in the lives of today's adolescents, but there is also much grief and woundedness. Helping Youth Grieve exposes the warped view of God modeled and taught to our young people. This book portrays a God who yearns to hear the honest cries of our youth, even when that involves blaming God! Spiritual caregivers will discover good news in biblical lament for its role in pastoral care and faith formation of adolescents.

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Bob Yoder is from Massillon Ohio and has a Mennonite background. He enjoys the outdoors and going the farm with his family. Bob served 8 years in the United States Air Force. Additionally, he graduated from Cleveland Marshall College of Law.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Resource Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1498220428
• ISBN 13: 9781498220422
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 156
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