Practical suggestions for offering care and comfort. Bockelman discusses many common situations and provides guidelines for using Scripture and sharing your faith as you reach out to others.

Bockelman's book is a good, brief text on expressing yourself with others who are suffering. I like it as a complementary text to Kenneth Haugk's book, Don't Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart.

Table of Contents
1. The Heart of the Matter
2. Getting in Tune with Life
3. What to Say at the Time of a Death
4. What to Say to someone who is Terminally Ill
5. What to Say when Friends Get Divorced
6. Nursing Homes and the Dilemma of What to Say
7. What to Say in a Variety of Circumstances
8. Religous Faith in Times of Crisis ( )