David Bannon
David Bannon is the author of three books on grief: Wounded in Spirit: Advent Art and Meditations (Paraclete Press, 2018), Songs on the Death of Children (Toplight, 2022), and A Hope Observed: Finding Solace Through Shared Stories of Grief (Paraclete Press, 2026).
Articles by David Bannon
Despair Is Part of Life, but Not All of Life
Her heartfelt lament may sound like despair, and in a way it is, save for a crucial difference.
Erich Maria Remarque’s Grief
He decides to write about his experience. Two earlier novels were dismal affairs. But now in 1927, over the course of a few months, he fills each page with pain…
Crime and Redemption
Those who had previously greeted me with smiles and handshakes find ways to hint through word and deed that I am no longer one of them ...
A Phone that Does not Ring
Jess never missed calling me today, even when I was half a world away. This marks the eleventh year that my phone will not ring.
The Hidden Sorrow of Easter
Christ’s resurrection offers assurance in the face of inevitable, implacable death. But it doesn’t come easily
A Knock at My door
Many who grieve have discovered that we are not weaker but stronger in our newfound awareness of what matters to us.
Grief in the White House
Parental bereavement is as profound as the lifelong changes that accompany it
Facing a New Year of Grief
Grief is not a process to work through, a disorder to heal, a condition to treat, or an illness to cure.
Why We Need Christmas Trees
Rituals are our allies in sorrow. They help us appreciate what brief time we had with our loved ones while acknowledging the years we will face without them.
William James’s Grief
Decades of sorrow and searching for clinical evidence have strengthened his resolve, tempered now by experiences that add up to more than disparate bits of empirical data.