{"title":"Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton","description":"\u003cp\u003eDR. NANCY COPELAND-PAYTON is an ordained clergywoman in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a spiritual director, and a physician who practiced emergency medicine and internal medicine for twenty years. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Losses of Our Lives: The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopeland-Payton served a nine-year ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Sandpoint, Idaho, and has directed the two-year Spiritual Training Program at Gonzaga University. She has also worked as a hospital chaplain and church pastor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Copeland-Payton leads retreats and workshops at monasteries, church centers, and with hospice organizations, and speaks as a presenter on loss and renewal. Her work draws directly on her decades accompanying people through life’s losses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy lives in Bonner County, Idaho, and is married with three grown sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Nancy Copeland-Payton’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-losses-of-our-lives-the-sacred-gifts-of-renewal-in-everyday-loss","title":"The Losses of Our Lives: The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFind hope and renewal in life's natural cycle of ordinary losses and new beginnings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"When we intentionally enter into our everyday walk through small losses, the terrain of larger losses, the valley of the shadow of death, is not totally unknown. It is not completely unfamiliar, alien, terrifying, for we have walked some of this way before with our lesser losses. We can journey through this valley of loss, for journey through it we must. And we can emerge markedly changed, but alive, on the other side.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―from the Prologue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGoing beyond loss as a problem to be resolved, a grief to be worked through, Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton, a spiritual director and ordained clergywoman, reframes loss from the perspective that our everyday losses help us learn what we need to handle the major losses. Weaving in spiritual and classical themes, personal and scriptural story, Dr. Copeland-Payton shows us that by becoming aware of what our lesser losses have to teach us, the larger losses of our lives become less terrifying. Each chapter includes a spiritual practice and questions for reflection to help you:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMine the hidden depths of painful losses of things and places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTraverse the devastating loss of relationships and the heart-wrenching death of people we love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOvercome the steep, dark slopes of loss of beliefs and faith.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVenture past our fear of the losses of aging and our own death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1594733074\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781594733079\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41858108850363,"sku":"9781594733079","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41858108883131,"sku":"9781594732713","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/61-kOyBTPAL_mockup_v2_1633898524_e0ed72b1-66c2-4c63-b28a-2cd62b371949.jpg?v=1790980183"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-dr-nancy-copeland-payton.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}