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Silent Cries: Experiencing God's Love After Losing a Baby
When Edith was stillborn without warning, Jonny and Joanna were stunned and confused. Why wasn't anyone talking about this? Where could they turn for help? Who would answer their burning questions?
One in in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage; one in 200 in stillbirth. And yet, while the church offers resources to cope with suffering generally, there is often an echoing silence when it comes to the trauma of baby loss. 'When we lost our daughter Edith,' say Jonny and Joanna, 'it was painful indeed to find the lack of biblically rooted and pastorally sensitive resources.'
Nothing really hit the mark, so, though tears, they wrote this book. It comes to you, or someone close to you, with a massive hug. It is the authors' prayer and passion that you will be amazed by our great God as you connect with deep truths from the Bible, bringing healing to your heart, mind and soul.
One in in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage; one in 200 in stillbirth. And yet, while the church offers resources to cope with suffering generally, there is often an echoing silence when it comes to the trauma of baby loss. 'When we lost our daughter Edith,' say Jonny and Joanna, 'it was painful indeed to find the lack of biblically rooted and pastorally sensitive resources.'
Nothing really hit the mark, so, though tears, they wrote this book. It comes to you, or someone close to you, with a massive hug. It is the authors' prayer and passion that you will be amazed by our great God as you connect with deep truths from the Bible, bringing healing to your heart, mind and soul.
192 pages, Paperback
Published January 21, 2020
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About the author
Jonny Ivey
4 books1 followerJonny and Joanna Ivey are part of The Gate Church in Birmingham, UK, a plant on a multi-ethnic estate in the city centre, and they both work as civil servants. Jonny is Senior Editor of Heirs Magazine and has written On Purpose: Enjoying Life As It Was Intended (Cruciform / Desiring God Partnership). They have a son, Josiah, and a daughter, Halle.
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February 13, 2021
Read this in one sitting - couldn’t put it down. There were so many times I felt like I was reading my own story. I hope this book makes its way into the hands of many couples who have experienced the death of a child, but I also very much hope that others in the church will be brave enough to read it. I love the way their daughter’s story tells The Greatest Story of a Savior who conquered death and gave us resurrection hope. And I’m thankful for the life of the beautiful Edith Joy Adeah, with the auburn hair and the sassy lips, who points us all to Christ.
A few of my favorite quotes-
She wasn’t there and yet, in the same way as next summer’s leaf is furled inside a tiny bud, so too was an eternal summer furled inside her tiny body.
People speak of our loss, and they’re right to do so. But we like to speak of our gain. God gave us the gift of a daughter.
Yes, I will see and love my daughter. But above all, I will see his face - the God who only did good to me - and I will love him forever.
A few of my favorite quotes-
She wasn’t there and yet, in the same way as next summer’s leaf is furled inside a tiny bud, so too was an eternal summer furled inside her tiny body.
People speak of our loss, and they’re right to do so. But we like to speak of our gain. God gave us the gift of a daughter.
Yes, I will see and love my daughter. But above all, I will see his face - the God who only did good to me - and I will love him forever.
April 19, 2021
'He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.' Rev 21:4
A beautiful, honest and hopeful story of baby-loss and the love of Jesus Christ.
A beautiful, honest and hopeful story of baby-loss and the love of Jesus Christ.
March 28, 2021
Sensitively and helpfully written
July 2, 2025
The Ivey’s share how the love of God and the hope of heaven sustained them as they walked through the stillbirth of their daughter. It is full of honest wrestling, raw emotion, and biblical reflection.
Almost 4⭐️
Almost 4⭐️
August 16, 2021
I've not experienced the horrors of losing a child. It's not something I can even imagine, so I can't speak much into that pain. However, I have the privilege of knowing Jonny and Joanna Ivey (and their children), and have been a part of their church family for some years now.
This is a heavy and painful book to read. Not just because I know the Iveys and it's hard to learn about your friends' pain. It's just a very hard topic. And here it is covered in frank and brutal honesty. Jonny and Joanna don't shy away from sharing the chilling, disturbing, horrifying reality of losing a child.
There are no easy solutions, and they don't try to offer any. What is offered is understanding - we've been there and we know - along with hope, future hope - this isn't the end, not the REAL end.
I wish I had read something like this before the Iveys had lost their beautiful daughter Edith. Perhaps I, and others, would have known how to love them better if we had. For now, I'm glad to have a copy of this on my shelf, and I'm glad to have read it. Maybe, one day, I'll find somebody else who needs to know that they're not alone in the darkness of baby loss. On that day, maybe I'll be able to give them this book, or at least I'll be able to love them better for having learnt from Jonny and Joanna's honesty.
This book throws wide open the doors that often keep these things out of our discussions - especially in church. It's hard to read, no doubt. But it's much needed, and full of rich, deep hope, alongside astonishing vulnerability.
This is a heavy and painful book to read. Not just because I know the Iveys and it's hard to learn about your friends' pain. It's just a very hard topic. And here it is covered in frank and brutal honesty. Jonny and Joanna don't shy away from sharing the chilling, disturbing, horrifying reality of losing a child.
There are no easy solutions, and they don't try to offer any. What is offered is understanding - we've been there and we know - along with hope, future hope - this isn't the end, not the REAL end.
I wish I had read something like this before the Iveys had lost their beautiful daughter Edith. Perhaps I, and others, would have known how to love them better if we had. For now, I'm glad to have a copy of this on my shelf, and I'm glad to have read it. Maybe, one day, I'll find somebody else who needs to know that they're not alone in the darkness of baby loss. On that day, maybe I'll be able to give them this book, or at least I'll be able to love them better for having learnt from Jonny and Joanna's honesty.
This book throws wide open the doors that often keep these things out of our discussions - especially in church. It's hard to read, no doubt. But it's much needed, and full of rich, deep hope, alongside astonishing vulnerability.
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