Love Is!
A Journey of Grief, Grace, and Gratitude
- Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2024
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Publisher's Description
Love Is! is more than just one man's story--it is an invitation to every heart that grieves the loss of a loved one. When Frank Hasel lost the love of his life, everything turned upside down and he was thrust into a world of aching absence and unexpected responsibilities as a young widower and father of three. In these pages, he shares his raw, honest journey through grief as a fellow traveler. This book is not a manual--it is a companion. Frank's reflections do not offer easy answers, but they do offer something deeper: hope, presence, and a powerful reminder that while death may take a loved one, it cannot take the love others carry for them. Love Is! explores how grief and grace can coexist and how gratitude can grow even in the darkest seasons. Whether readers are grieving a lost "heart hero"--someone whose love shaped their world--or simply want to understand how to offer real, "helpful help" in times of loss, this book speaks to the human journey of holding on and letting go.
Endorsements (8)
“Authentic, real, honest, raw, hopeful, and helpful; Love Is! faces the difficult and dark side of grief with courage and relational integrity.”
“This book is a gift to the world. Love Is! is the story of grief drenched in celebration—a masterpiece of emotional self-analysis.”
“Love Is! rises above most biblically oriented books about death and allows space and freedom for the negative emotions that must be felt when such a profound loss is experienced. Love Is! provides a front row seat to the inevitable pain such loss delivers but, through transparency and intense vulnerability, leaves the reader feeling seen, comforted, and filled with hope.”
“By sharing with us the deep emotional, social, and religious struggles he experienced in losing his beloved wife, Frank Hasel offers us priceless wisdom, practical advice, and religious insights that will assist those going through a similar devastating experience to find constructive ways to cope with their grief. The book is indispensable reading for clergy, counselors, and any person involved in clinical work for the terminally ill.”
“As a medical practitioner and pastor, I welcome this well-written and user-friendly resource for healthcare providers, pastors, chaplains, and for those experiencing loss. The ideas shared are practical, realistic, doable, and based on firsthand experience. Implementing the ‘helpful help’ suggestions can aid those not trained as grief counselors to apply them in their own lives and can guide them in their interaction with those bereaved. The book will be a great blessing across a wide audience. I highly recommend it.”
“Frank Hasel’s Love Is! is essential reading for chaplains, pastors, and practitioners as well as those who aspire to express compassion, care, and love to those grieving the loss of their soulmate. Love Is! provides genuine practical insights into how to minister effectively and sensitively to the real needs of the grieving. It is accessible yet profound.”
“While sorrow and loss are common to the human experience, rarely is someone able to allow others into their experience as powerfully as Frank Hasel. Frank has given us an emotional word picture that is powerfully vivid in color, shape, and texture, a picture that evokes a personal response of worship and adoration to our Lord Jesus Christ, a man of sorrows, one who was acquainted with grief.”
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