Seasons of Sorrow, Tim Challies
Seasons of Sorrow, Tim Challies
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Seasons of Sorrow
The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

Author: Tim Challies

Narrator: Tim Challies

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/13/2022


Synopsis

Read by the author. Includes 10 bonus chapters exclusively included in the audiobook edition!An honest look at grief and fears, faith and hope. Combining personal narrative, sound theology, and beautiful writing, this is a book for anyone who has loved and lost.On November 3, 2020, Tim and Aileen Challies received the shocking news that their son Nick had died. A twenty-year-old student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, he had been participating in a school activity with his fiancée, sister, and friends, when he fell unconscious and collapsed to the ground.Neither students nor a passing doctor nor paramedics were able to revive him. His parents received the news at their home in Toronto and immediately departed for Louisville to be together as a family. While on the plane, Tim, an author and blogger, began to process his loss through writing.In Seasons of Sorrow, Tim shares real-time reflections from the first year of grief—through the seasons from fall to summer—introducing readers to what he describes as the “ministry of sorrow.”Seasons of Sorrow will benefit both those that are working through sorrow or those comforting others:See how God is sovereign over loss and that he is good in lossDiscover how you can pass through times of grief while keeping your faithLearn how biblical doctrine can work itself out even in life’s most difficult situationsUnderstand how it is possible to love God more after loss than you loved him before

About Tim Challies

A pastor, noted speaker, and author of numerous articles, Tim Challies is a pioneer in the Christian blogosphere. Tens of thousands of people visit Challies.com each day, making it one of the most widely read and recognized Christian blogs in the world. Tim is the author of several books, including Visual Theology, Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History, and his latest ECPA award-winning book, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God. He and his family reside near Toronto, Ontario.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on January 17, 2023

The first book I would give to someone experiencing the sharp pain or lingering ache of grief. Remarkable.......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on December 26, 2023

This is the best book on grief I've ever read.......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on January 24, 2023

I didn't realize Tim Challies and his family lost his son a few years back and was curious to read his book on suffering. Chiefly, I was interested in reading it because my husband's brother died shortly after we were married at a very young age. We were not in a theologically sound church at the ti......more

Goodreads review by LeAna on July 03, 2024

Powerful book written from the ashes of grief. Read this if you have lost someone you are very close to. Read this even if you haven’t. It’s beneficial either way.......more

Goodreads review by Anna on October 06, 2022

This book is a powerful reminder of God’s grace and kindness through immense suffering. The writing was very moving, and many tears were shed through the hours I spent reading this book. I am proud to have been able to call Nick my big cousin, and am so very encouraged by his fruitful life and relen......more