Can You Just Sit with Me?
Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life

Natasha Smith’s story of multiple, catastrophic losses helped to put me in a posture of careful listening. I turned page after page for the simple reason that I wondered how someone continues to breathe when life has dealt one colossal blow after another. Her heart’s cry became the title of her book......more

Can You Just Sit With Me? Book Review Can You Just Sit With Me? by Natasha Smith A Book Review by Emily Shanahan Natasha Smith is a self-described “grief advocate, author, speaker, podcaster, and content creative.” Please, feel free to meet Tasha at her website, listen to her podcast, and follow he......more

DNF. I greatly appreciate the author sharing her stories of grief, and I found healing at points throughout the book. However, there was a lot of mental gymnastics. This book doesn’t align with how I relate to God, but it could be a great book for people with more mainstream evangelical theology.......more

So, I wrote this book so that you and those who may be in a season of loss and grief don't have to feel so alone. To help grieving and hurting hearts know that there is hope even amid our pain. There is light in the darkness and there is hope in Jesus.......more

Summary: An extended reflection for Christians permitting ourselves and others to grieve well and how we may accompany those who are grieving. Can you just sit with me? Have you ever felt like that in a time of pain, grief, or loss? You don’t want to be asked questions, or to be fixed, or told to “ge......more