Broken Hallelujahs

Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life

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Pub Date Apr 04 2016 | Archive Date May 18 2016

Description

Spiritual director Beth Slevcove shares her story of loss alongside spiritual practices that guide back to God.

The losses in our lives are both big and small, and cover a range of experiences. We leave home. We experience physical illness and disabilities. We struggle with vocation and finances. We may long for a spouse or child. We lose people we love to addiction or illness and death.

All of these losses can build into questions and doubts about faith. We may experience depression or other mental health struggles. Where is God in the midst of our losses?

In this book spiritual director Beth Slevcove shares stories from her own life about losses and struggles. Along the way, she offers distinctive spiritual practices that can guide us back to God and, in the end, to ourselves.
Spiritual director Beth Slevcove shares her story of loss alongside spiritual practices that guide back to God.

The losses in our lives are both big and small, and cover a range of experiences. We...

Advance Praise

"The beautifully fashioned sentences throughout Broken Hallelujahs summon deep contemplation and provoke a wrestling with the realities of our mysterious lives. . . . Beth's willingness to be vulnerable and to call a thing what it is gave me permission to sink into the profound truth that Jesus Christ shows us it is truly human to sometimes cry out, 'My God, why have you forsaken me?' Broken Hallelujahs ministered to my soul like a balm of Gilead. I love this book and hope you will take care of your soul by reading this astonishing story."
—Mike King, president and CEO, Youthfront, author of Presence Centered Youth Ministry

"This book provides a needed resource for anyone struggling to stay connected with God in the midst of faith-shaking turmoil and loss. Beth's courageous vulnerability encourages her readers to equal honesty, while the spiritual practices that close each chapter offer a means of experiencing God without denying the human emotions that accompany loss. It is a book I will read and reread, and one that I will share with others. For who has not experienced the grief and loss that are part of every life?"
—Elizabeth L. Patterson, former associate dean, School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary

"I don't normally think of grief and beauty cozying up with one another. But that's the indelible impression this gorgeous book imprinted on my heart and mind. Slevcove—with sometimes startling vulnerability and relentless authenticity—opens up her journey into and through grief, shining a light on something far, far better than simple platitudes or greeting card perk pills. This book reveals truth. And it's the best kind of truth, messy and heart-wrenching and full of the potency of new life."
Mark Oestreicher, The Youth Cartel, author of Hopecasting

"The beautifully fashioned sentences throughout Broken Hallelujahs summon deep contemplation and provoke a wrestling with the realities of our mysterious lives. . . . Beth's willingness to be...


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Beth Slevcove’s “Broken Hallelujah’s,” is a book that radiates with profound and godly wisdom. She weaves her life’s narrative through beautiful prose, leaving the reader salivating for more after every sentence. Even though the content surrounding grief and loss is deep, Beth wonderfully normalizes those topics, and makes them easily understandable, and accessible. Reading the book is like journeying with a friend taking you by the hand and bringing you to places you don’t want to go, but are thankful once you have arrived. This book is a sacred gift and will no doubt help many people!

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This is a beautifully written, raw book about faith and ways it can seem broken but seeing the beauty in it anyway. Exactly what I needed right now and I would definitely recommend it to others.

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The author uses her own story to help us deal with loss and grief. Each chapter has methods used in spiritual formation to help draw you closer to God.

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Living in brokenness is a significant part of the human experience. We face heartache, that makes us wish we could rid ourselves of the ability to feel - at times. However, as we learn in this book, we can have broken hallelujahs. We can be open about our circumstances and honest with God about how we are feeling. We can worship God exactly where we are, when life is messy. We can fully engage in our lives and all the messes, with joy. All because of who Christ is and the Beloved's love for us. God wants us to not feel hope only when life is good. He wants to provide us with the same amazing, abundant, hope even when it seems like our world has turned upside down. Let's learn to take our losses to the cross, and find the hope we have been searching for. It is found at the cross and the tomb. It is found in Christ. Recommend.

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This book helped me at a time in my life when I felt i was spiraling, I feel that it really helped me cope with the loss of my mother unlike so many other books i picked up.

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