Living Fully in the Shadow of Death: Assurance and Guidance to Finish Well

The collaboration of licensed clinical psychologist, Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge and Pastor Robert C. De Vries (Professor of Church Education, Calvin Seminary), Living Fully In The Shadow Of Death: Assurance And Guidance To Finish Well is an invaluable treatise and guide to the practical and spiritual issues and concerns of dying in the modern age. Focusing upon the aspects of emotional and spiritual preparation for the end of life, whether one's own or that of a loved one, Living Fully In The Shadow Of Death offers daily meditations to guide the heart and affimations of the value in life and faith. A serious-minded and helpful look at enjoying the journey that is life, up to the very end.

This book is truely written for each of us. For those who are still healthy, it will help you understand what is most important about life. For those who have received a diagnosis that may be terminal, it still gives you a lot of hope. The neatest thing about the book is all the practical suggestions about what you can do when you are in these situations. It contains a lot of helpful information. I would highly recommend it!

Dr. Smeenge and Dr. DeVries combine again to to help us look at life, before, during and after death. They encourage us not to flee from death but to accept and prepare for it. They offer wise suggestions as to how to take stock of our life so as to better live to the fullest and die with peace and dignity. There are pratical suggestions as to how to evaluate one's values and reorder one's life to achieve less regret, more satisfaction. Biblical principals guide the reader and well as sound psychological techiniques. The reassuring grace of God's word rings in Dr. DeVries' 40 meditations that grapple with issues of life and death. Hospice workers, clery, nurses, physicians, and psychotherapists who help others deal with living and dying, should not miss this rich resource. Family members and all of those who plan to die some day should stop and take note of this guide to better living and better dying. I liked this book and you will too. It is written for us all. Thanks Susan and Bob!