Kerry Egan
1) On living
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"A hospice chaplain shares the meaning the dying make of their lives, to help us understand what is ultimately important and to make the most of our own still-being-lived lives"--
2) On living
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
217 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
As a hospice chaplain, 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 discovered she'd been granted an invaluable chance to witness firsthand what she calls the "spiritual work of dying." Most of all, though, she listened as her patients talked about love-- for their children and partners and friends; returned, unrequited, and sometimes...