On a chilly September night, an Episcopal priest hears a private confession in a foreign tongue from a mysterious supplicant who then tries to kill him. After his escape, the priest learns that the words he has heard are unique to the Deathangel murderer imprisoned ten years earlier. Meanwhile, Matt Beck, chaplain at Grasslands Hospital in New ...
Reverend Lucas Holt is distressed by the large number of elderly parishioners who have died recently. Even more distressing is that these people are spending their final months in pain and loneliness, though many of them have grown children nearby. Apparently someone out there is equally upset, because, suddenly, his parishioners are being ...
Reverend Lucas Holt is distressed by the large number of elderly parishioners who have died recently. Even more distressing is that these people are spending their final months in pain and loneliness, though many of them have grown children nearby. Apparently someone out there is equally upset, because, suddenly, his parishioners are being ...
Meyer offers level-headed advice for coping with death and its aftermath. Surviving Death includes chapters on "Pulling the Plug", "Hastening the Inevitable", and the issue of an afterlife. A useful resource for pastoral staff, counselors, and the grieving.
If you could choose how you want to die, what would you want most to make it more comfortable? Based on his experience as a chaplain and on a survey of people in workshops across the country, Meyers lists four top choices: quick, painless, at home, and with family around. But as the author points out so clearly, these are not what most seriously ...
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