As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve

About the Author

As a hospital chaplain, J.S. Park has seen all manner of sickness and pain—terminal patients, estranged families, and victims of devastating accidents. For years he has sat at bedside with the dying, ill, and injured, listening to their stories and providing a gentle presence during the very worst moments of people’s lives.

Using stories from his own life experience and his many hours in the hospital, Chaplain Park unpacks the various losses that lead to grief—loss of loved ones, loss of autonomy, loss of health, and even loss of plans and dreams. While certain faith traditions may resort to clichés or weak “theologies” to provide comfort to the grieving, Chaplain Park faces the depths of suffering with a bold, honest eye, offering the brokenhearted the grace needed to walk the shattered roads before them.