Take the Dimness of My Soul Away: Healing After a Loved One's Suicide

by William A. Ritter

Book Overview

An authentic portrait of grief, as poetic and soul-lifting as it is poignant.

In 1994, William Ritter's adult son committed suicide, sending Ritter and his family on a journey no family wants to take. Part of Ritter's own process of healing the loss of his son was to preach about it occasionally from the pulpit. This book is a collection of the sermons he preached, the first one just three weeks after his son's death, and the final...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081922104X
• ISBN13: 9780819221049
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Parents of Suicide

We lost our son to suicide and I found this a very comforting book. You can read it in one night but the message is great. All I can say it can happen to any family.

Very helpful

This book has been very helpful to my family since my brother's suicide, in fact so helpful my mother and stepfather ordered multiple copies for the extended family and I have ordered copies for church and friends. Having lived through the suicide death of his son, the author is able to put into words the horrible grief such a loss generates.This is a spiritual, not a clinical, perspective on suicide. Rev. Ritter is very open and honest in sharing his feelings and thoughts. I found comfort and hope for healing in this book.Between us we have read several books and the consensus is this is the best.

For All Who Have Suffered Loss

Although Reverend Ritter bases his book on sermons given after his son committed suicide, his words are relevant for anyone who is experiencing the agony of loss and at any stage of the journey. This small book is honest, powerful, comforting, and hopeful.