Handling Grief: A Christian's Ongoing Journey with Loss - Paperback

by Thomas F. Sleete (Author)

We men want to be seen as tough. Be leaders. Show strength.And that is good.But when a loss of your most profound love strikes, it is okay to let yourself go and cry. I remember crying at the funerals of loved ones. I also remember speaking at four of those funerals and realizing how hard it was to express what I truly felt and not weep in front of the gathered mourners. But as one of my pastors once taught, we have the perfect teacher in Jesus. At Lazarus' grave, Jesus wept.And He knew that Lazarus was going to be back in five minutes!

Author Biography

Thomas F. Sleete is a born and raised Detroiter. His father was the pastor at Grand River Avenue Baptist Church in Detroit and that is where Tom accepted Christ as his Savior in May of 1958. He was married to his wife, Moe, for 38 1/2 hears before her passing and he is the proud father of his son and two daughters, his son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and his granddaughter. A die-hard baseball fan, he lives and dies, figuratively, every summer with his beloved Detroit Tigers. Tom is a teacher with 44 years of classroom experience at Southfield-Lathrup Senior High School in Michigan and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a historian and some of his favorite individuals in history are Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Ty Cobb, and William F. Buckley, Jr. In addition, he was the Gilder-Lehrman 2005 Michigan History Teacher of the Year. He is currently retired as a classroom teacher but continues to be a consultant for the College Board in AP US History along with several other topics, and resides in Troy, Michigan.