Book Title: Walking Elegantly on the Road Home: Preparing Calmly Before That Day Arrives (Original context based on author's works: Guide Them Safely Home)

Synopsis:

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Face life, aging, illness, and death calmly, making every day of living full of meaning!

Preparing well for death is a form of healing;

it is not for curing the body, but for healing the soul.

Through this emotional and spiritual healing,

we can live the rest of our lives with greater meaning and find the courage to let go.

On the final journey of life, we do not have to walk alone;

our family and friends who returned to our heavenly home a step ahead in love and grace

are our very best guides.

Life has its changing seasons. The paths walked, challenges faced, and growth attained vary with each season, and the final season of life is no exception. This period is a blessing and a gift from the Lord. He bestows beauty and loving-kindness, hoping that we will prepare calmly and make wise choices—relying on the assistance of His grace and the care of our family and friends to welcome the end of our life's journey with hope and faith.

This book serves as a guide for cherishing life and a spiritual manual for bravely facing death, discussing life's most crucial lessons on living and dying with a positive, vibrant attitude. Through spiritual communion with terminal patients and touching real-life stories from the hospice ward, it presents simple yet profound perspectives on life and death alongside practical advice. It helps us clarify our worries, overcome our fears, and rethink the meaning of living and dying—learning to view life, aging, illness, and death with warm empathy and open-minded courage, thereby living a more brilliant and fulfilling life!

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." (2 Corinthians 4:16)

About the Author

Michael Mercer

A hospice spiritual caregiver who graduated from Lancaster Bible College in Pennsylvania in 1978. He has been dedicated to end-of-life care services for over a decade, accompanying many terminal patients and their families through the valleys of life. He currently resides in Indiana with his wife and is the author of Guide Them Safely Home, Lord: A Caregiver’s Companion and Guide Me Safely Home, Lord: Meditations of Hope near the End of Life.

About the Translator

Wan-Wei Tso

Graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Taiwan University and holds a Master's degree in English Teaching from National Kaohsiung Normal University. She aspires to serve evangelization through translation. Her translated works include I Call You Friends, Singing a New Song, A Short History of the Dominican Order, Jesus Before Christianity, The Seven Last Words, The Challenge of Prayer, For Those in Hard Times, The Healing Touch of the Lord, The Christian Path of Contemplation, Anxiety OUT, Happiness UP, Laughter Makes Life Happy, The Secret of the Devil, Going to Work with Jesus, Healing the Pain, and Healing from Heaven.