Talk about their loved one. Don’t pretend that nothing is wrong….Grief is nothing to ignore or fear. When we don’t talk to people about their loved one who died, we make them feel lonely and out in the cold.

I experienced profound grief when my mother died when I was in my twenties. She wasn’t only my mom; she was one of my very closest friends. I had the joy of leading her to Jesus a year after I became a Christian in high school at age fifteen.

I’ll never forget the Sunday morning when I arrived at our church, which my mom had also attended. Though she had died that week, I decided to preach anyway. A very strange thing happened. Usually when I walked in the door, old friends and new friends—fellow church members still excited about the freshness of our young church fellowship—would immediately greet me.

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