Someone I Know Is Grieving: Responding with Humility and Compassion (Edward T. Welch)

Someone I Know Is Grieving:
Responding with Humility and Compassion

Bestselling author and counselor Edward T. Welch walks readers through the difficult task of coming alongside grieving people with genuine compassion and humility.

When someone is grieving, it can be hard to know what to say or do. We want to be helpful, not hurtful, but it’s easy to go wrong. The good news is that we can learn to approach those who are grieving with the same compassion that Jesus shows us when we are grieving. It starts with humility and listening well and expands into practical support as the Spirit leads us. 

In Someone I Know Is Grieving, Edward T. Welch leans on his many years of counseling grieving people to help readers learn from their compassionate Savior how to respond to people’s sadness and hard times without advice or trying to “fix it,” but to instead hear their story, learn from others’ experiences, and depend on the Spirit for wisdom for what to say and do.  

• Practical, accessible, spiritual guidance on responding with compassion to another person’s troubles written by an experienced counselor.    
• Part of the Ask the Christian Counselor series, walking readers through their deepest and most profound questions.    
• Gives readers the tools to avoid common mistakes made in responding to grieving people and a wise and kind way forward that expresses the love of God.  
• Compact format goes deeper than New Growth Press’s popular minibooks without overwhelming the reader.  

Endorsements: 

“This book is a treasure. It does far more than show you how to respond with humility and compassion. Ed reveals how to become the kind of person that suffering people long for—and need. I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that all of our GriefShare leaders know about this powerful book.”
Sam Hodges IV, President, GriefShare

“It’s all too easy to misunderstand or mishandle people in mourning. In this insightful resource, Ed Welch helps us to consider how to become humble conduits of God’s comfort instead of hasty counselors who speak hurtful words. If you want to grow in your ability to speak with—not at—someone who is suffering grief, this book is for you.”
Christine Chappell, Author of Midnight Mercies: Walking with God through Depression in Motherhood; host, Hope + Help Podcast, Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship; certified biblical counselor

“As someone who is grieving the death of my wife, I was deeply moved by Ed Welch’s wisdom, compassion, and humility as he explores impactful ways to love those who are in my position. If you are looking for sensitive and practical ways to walk with anyone who is mourning the death of someone they love, this is the book to read.”
Ron Lutz, Pastor Emeritus, New Life Presbyterian Church, Dresher, PA

About the Author: 

Edward T. Welch, MDiv, PhD,is a licensed psychologist and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). Ed has been counseling for over forty years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. His biblical counseling books include Shame Interrupted, When People Are Big and God Is Small, Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave, Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness, Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest, A Small Book about a Big Problem, A Small Book for the Anxious Heart, A Small Book about Why We Hide, I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis, and Someone I Know Is Grieving.