When Steeples Cry

Leading Congregations Through Loss and Change

When Steeples Cry is a book about embodiment – yours and mine – and the nature of loss occurring in North American church contexts.  It is not meant to be a “how to” book, but it envisions you being a different kind of leader to your community.  Written especially for church leaders and those seminarians who will serve in mainline Protestant churches, When Steeples Cry identifies the work of mourning as a significant aspect of being a church leader in North America today.

When Steeples Cry explores numerical, relationship, material, identity, functional, role, and systemic losses, and suggests how to grieve well and move on in healthy, life-giving ways.