Lonliness

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Disappointment with God: 3 Questions No One Asks Aloud

Type: BOOK
Author: Yancey, Philip

Is God listening to me? Can He be trusted? Does He even exist? Offers comfort to those who have suffered loss (especially loss of faith) and advances a carefully reasoned explanation of why God allows such losses to occur in the first place.

Gerbert: Loving My Neighbor - Soaring Above Self-Centeredness

Type: VHS
Author: Smith and Freyss

Everyone experiences sadness and loneliness. Believing his friends have forgotten his birthday, Gerbert is tempted to self-pity. Children will learn from several Bible stories of David, King Jehoshaphat, and others.

Hello In There

Type: VHS
Author:

Dramatizes the story of Mary, a widow living in a retirement home, who creates imaginative ways to escape the monotony of her existence. Includes leader's guide.

Last Out, The

Type: VHS
Author:

It isn't easy to be in the seventh grade, with a father who's abandoned you and a mother who's too busy to show you any interest. But Jose has an escape - baseball! But when Jose plays a trick on a teammate whose mother attends every game, but the teammate's reaction surprises everyone!

Loneliness - Edge TV

Type: VHS
Author: Edge TV

Loneliness; Bad Company; Profile: Lisa Bevill; Why I'm Not a Christian; Lexicon-o-Rama; How to Get Along With Your Parents episode 2: The Fine Art of Negotiation; Music Video: My Chaperone

Loneliness: The Way Out

Type: VHS
Author: Guideposts Outreach Ministries

Explores the many different types of loneliness and offers solutions to help yourself feel better. Comes with discussion guide.

Minnie Remembers

Type: VHS
Author: Henderson, Arnold and Smith

A deeply-moving visual poem about the quiet despair, the sense of futility, and the sometimes incredible loneliness that is often part of aging. Includes leader's guide.

My Son, My Son

Type: VHS
Author:

This is the story of two fathers and their sons. It is a story of regret and loneliness, of forgiveness and renewed life. It looks with compassion at two different realities which are very much at issue in society today: homosexuality and AIDS.

Power Surge: Loneliness

Type: VHS
Author: Media International

Most teenagers go through a period of loneliness, even when they have people all around them! Elisa feels alone because she can't find a boyfriend. Steve's parents got divorced and he felt totally alone until he talked to somebody about it.

Reel to Real - Ice Age

Type: BOOK
Author: Stanphill, Helen J.

Manfred the wooly mammoth can't seem to get away from creatures who need him. First, the sloth needs to be saved from rhinos, and then a human baby must be rescued from tigers. All Manfred wants is to be left alone. Nevertheless, by getting involved in the needs of others, Manfred discovers some important lessons about life. This program features two sessions. The first deals with the subject of how Christians are to treat their enemies. The second session asks the question: Just what is a...

Self Esteem & Loneliness

Type: VHS
Author: McAllister, Dawson

Loneliness is just about everyone's acquaintance, but no one's friend. Low self-esteem, a crippling problem, faces every student regardless how attractive he or she might be. Dawson McAllister speaks out on these two major issues that affect every teen. 4 part video series. Tape 1 has 2 sessions on self-esteem.

Self Esteem & Loneliness

Type: VHS
Author: McAllister, Dawson

Loneliness is just about everyone's acquaintance, but no one's friend. Low self-esteem, a crippling problem, faces every student regardless how attractive he or she might be. Dawson McAllister speaks out on these two major issues that affect every teen. 4 part video series. Part 3: Self-Esteem and part 4: Loneliness.

Singles Care One for Another: A Guide for every Single Adult

Type: BOOK
Author: Greenwaldt, Karen

The first part of this guide is for individuals and groups of single adults. Teaches you about potential for loving other persons, and how to care for single adults who are in crisis, who are parents, bereaved, divorced, young, retired, friends, and satisfied with life. Part 2 is for planning groups and leaders of SA programs. Tools, suggestions and worksheets to aid you in leading a group if single adults.

Sometimes Lonely But Never Alone

Type: BOOK
Author: Weldon, Wilson O.

A book focusing on what one can do about loneliness. How you can deal with it and some available daily helps.

Unfiltered - Just Get Even (Stay Connected)

Type: VHS
Author: Giglio, Louie

Part of 13 week Youth Bible study titled "Stay Connected." A look at life's struggles from a teenager's perspective. Includes heartbreaking stories of 4 teens who felt betrayed, rejected, and even abandoned by their parents and friends. Helps young people discover how to protect themselves when they' re emotionally hurt, and teaches them how to forgive and move on. Includes leader's guide.

Why Be Lonely? Breaking Through the Isolation

Type: BOOK
Author: collected

For church and group use, this is a collection of articles from Guideposts 1986-87. Shows practical and effective things we can do to overcome loneliness when it strikes.

You Don’t Have to be Lonely

Type: BOOK
Author: Kimmel, Jo

Case histories of men and women who have learned to rise above loneliness are presented and practical, down-to-earth helps to overcome loneliness are given the reader.