On living
"A hospice chaplain passes on wisdom on giving meaning to life, from those taking leave of it. As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn't offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she disc...
Main Author: | Egan, Kerry (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Riverhead Books,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- The stories we tell
- The crucible of love
- Gloria's baby
- If I had only known, I would have danced more
- Where there's breath, there's hope
- Living in the gray
- Jeremiah
- Born, and born again, and again
- Love and other real things
- Ordinary angels
- Imagination and suffering
- Dying is just a verb
- It's a beautiful life and then you leave it.