Jesus Wept

When Joyce and Dennis Ashton lost their fourteen-year-old son Cameron, they discovered that professional grief expertise couldn't prepare them for their own sorrow. Drawing on decades of counseling experience and deep personal loss, they offer Latter-day Saints practical, compassionate tools for enduring adversity of every kind—death, divorce, illness, abuse, infertility, wayward children, and more. Blending psychology with scripture and prophetic counsel, this warm, honest guide validates grief while pointing toward healing, hope, and the peace found in Christ's promise that "joy cometh in the morning."

• Written by an LDS nurse and a licensed therapist who buried their own disabled son—professional expertise plus lived heartbreak
• Endorsed by Stephen R. Covey as "a beautiful, tender, needed book"
• Covers every category of loss—not just death—from infertility to empty nest to wayward children
• Names and rejects the well-meaning clichés that actually wound the grieving

“If we look to the Savior for our example, we can find personal meaning in our losses. Christ is a "man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief" (Isaiah 53:3), and in John 11:35, we read two profound words: "Jesus wept."”

Perfect for a Latter-day Saint adult who is grieving a death, divorce, illness, or other major loss—or ministering to someone who is—and wants faith-based, practical comfort.