DeWanda Wise

Permission to Grieve

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“When I was a child growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I found an incredible amount of solace in reading Lamentations. I never fully understood why until reading Permission to Grieve. The biblical chapter made me feel less alone in my personal suffering and the suffering I witnessed all around me. As Toby Castle brilliantly argues, this is by design. I can only hope that pastors and church leadership across the nation open their hearts to this truth and roadmap. As he makes abundantly clear, the future of the American church depends on it.”