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...

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Main Author: Egan, Kerry (Author)
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.