Review: Sharing Christ with the Dying: Bringing Hope to
Those Near the End of Life
Melody Rossi
Bethany House Publishers
2014
This book is the most helpful work I have read in this topic
area. She speaks to those that find
themselves in the role of caregiver, friend, or close family member of one that
is dying. The information and advice is
useful, helpful, gentle, and presented well.
The revelation of the terminal diagnosis of a loved one is the start
point, and the author follows the entire process step by step throughout her
book.
The different stages the loved one will go through
physically and emotionally show the caregiver different levels of receptivity
to considering Christ. Rossi addresses
how to deal with angry outbursts, demanding behaviors from the loved one, and
the physical stages of the dying process.
Other issues like the roles of friends and family members gives the
reader valuable insights as well.
Pre-need planning appears later in the book and Rossi
discussed how helpful having important papers, directives, and desires ready
for the surviving family can be. So much
stress can be alleviated if that is settled well before the need arises.
There is much more in this book that I found helpful and
wished I’d known long ago. There is also
an index with many helpful resources to check out.
One note---this book was originally published in 2007 as May
I Walk You Home. I do not know if this
issue is different in any major ways.
That said, I do recommend this book and found much of her advice to be
pertinent in other situations as well.
This book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange
for a review.
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