"Owen-Towle's text is a prayer to push away the fear we often associate with the end of life." Plainly, I'm neither a scientific investigator nor a professional thanatologist. I'm a pastor, and my advice is straightforward: whatever the manner or date of our extinction might be, it behooves us to reflect deeply and prime diligently for our death, while we're still awake and kicking. May we...
-from the Foreword by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd