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“Don Mayer’s Letters to Peter is not only a touching and very engaging book, it is also a magnificent example of effective grief work. Starting out with sorrow and rage he progresses to serious contemplation of the deeper questions of life, death, and healing. He allows the reader to experience this very personal journey of healing. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has or even hasn’t experienced this kind of grief and loss.”

—Susan Koch, retired schoolteacher

“Some ministers leave people wondering if they are actually real human beings or just someone playing a role. Though we never doubted the reality of Don’s humanity, this volume confirms it’s depth, grace, and passion.”

—Anthony B. Robinson, author of Common Grace

“Don Mayer’s eloquent letters to his dead son express many of the conflicting feelings that we share when a beloved person dies: debilitating grief, overwhelming sadness, continuing disbelief, persistent loneliness. But also anger at the absent person, anger at those whose efforts to offer comfort may be clumsy or tactless, anger at God. Gradually, Don’s letters reveal a path to acceptance, and even gratitude, through the redemptive power of family, friends, music, prayer, ordinary activities, and faith in the One who has ‘been our dwelling place in all generations.’”

—Susan Delanty Jones, retired lawyer and parent who lost a young child