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Approaching the end of life : a practical and spiritual guide
Title:
Approaching the end of life : a practical and spiritual guide
Author:
Schaper, Donna, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

©2015
Physical Description:
vii, 198 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
In her more than forty years as a minister, Rev. Donna Schaper has been approached hundreds of times by people wanting to know how to prepare for the end of life in both practical and spiritual matters. From making a will and planning a memorial service to finding peace in the toughest circumstances, Approaching the End of Life offers practical and spiritual guidance to anyone wrestling with the end of a life. The book also includes practical resources such as a service planning checklist and a template for a funeral or memorial service.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
The best funeral ever -- What to do when you get sick and death first knocks on your door -- The importance of the afterlife -- Early dotage, mid dotage, and late dotage: facing facts with freedom -- Spiritual preparation for death -- Spiritual and practical combined -- Really bad funerals do happen -- Finding a spiritual home before death -- My Lord, what a morning.
ISBN:
9781442238244
Format :
Book