Overview

When a parent buries a child, the world demands healing--but what if healing isn't the goal? Sacred Rage: Love That Didn't Die with Them is a raw, tender, and theologically grounded journey through grief that refuses to be sanitized. Written by a grieving father and hospital chaplain, this book doesn't offer easy answers or tidy timelines. Instead, it creates space for lament, for honest anger, and for a sacred kind of rage that honors love too fierce to forget. Blending personal testimony with spiritual reflection, Damien W. D. Davis invites readers into a compassionate dialogue with sorrow. With every page, he affirms grief is not faithlessness, and crying out to God is not weakness--it is worship in its rawest form. For parents, pastors, chaplains, and anyone navigating loss, this book is a companion on sacred ground, where pain is not erased but dignified. Whether readers' loss is fresh or decades old, Sacred Rage offers breath, language, and hope--without pressure to move on, only the invitation to move forward.

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""With deep kindness and respect, it is an honor to recommend Damien Davis's book for Christians grieving the death of a child and those seeking to meaningfully support them. Sacred Rage is an authentic exploration of grief that begins with a heartfelt glimpse into the author's personal journey followed by an exploration of stories and teachings from the Bible and beyond. Questions posed at the end of each chapter make this book especially dynamic and ideal for inviting both personal reflection as well as connection with others, if read in community. Thank you for bravely sharing your story and your wisdom."" --Linnea Winquist, Chaplain, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Author Information

Damien W. D. Davis is a hospital chaplain at Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields, Illinois, and a pediatric PRN chaplain at Lurie Children's Hospital. He is the author of Prison Life and the Aftermath of Thug Living (2024).

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