Braving Sorrow Together

The Transformative Power of Faith and Community When Life Is Hard

We all suffer. But do we all suffer well? We all have “weeping years”–seasons when trials come one after the other. But do we know how to weather those seasons so that we grow through them, rather than get beat down? In Braving Sorrow, Ashleigh Slater explores this idea in a conversational, storytelling manner. She gives an honest and vulnerable account of her personal stories of loss, as well as those of her friends, with reflections from literature and Scripture sprinkled throughout. Anyone who wants help moving through trials with more wisdom, releasing anxiety and receiving the help along the way, will appreciate this book. It examines grief and loss in several universal arenas, such as relationships, health, career, and the home, and encourages readers to walk through grief with others–specifically God and Christian community. Thus the weeping years can also become the growing years–years of God’s grace.