God a Logs on Living and Dying

When I wrote these daily moments with God, I felt myself paying more attention to whatever it was that I was focusing on that day. For me, the insights took me to a place where judgments cease and the desire to understand became more prevalent. Such a view of living makes a person begin to seek first to understand, instead of, act on what a person understands to be life s point of view in any given moment. Life is much deeper than it appears on the surface. As we integrate this method of understanding life, we may find ourselves meeting each other in soul more often than personality. Although a persona is necessary for living, our personality does not have the capacity to move us into areas where life reveals itself to us from the depths of eternity itself. This book is to help those who are caring for their dying loved ones record thoughts about living with dying. It is a book written directly to God or your Creator in a relationship manner. Each day, I would ask two questions: What do you want me to notice today? And, how can I get there? The words that followed were a direct inner hearing of what I believe God would say back to me. On the page that follows, I ask you to do the same. The first part of the question is to tune in on what I need to notice that day. The second question has two parts. I would concentrate on what I need to do to create and experience the first question. Then, I would apply this to the dying process. The key to pulling this off on a deeper level than your beliefs about God is to imagine that YOU ARE talking to God, and that, GOD IS talking to you.

About the Author

Sam has cared for the needs of the dying in palliative care for over 16 years. During that time, Sam has served as the Chair, and now, Co-Chair of the Hospice Ethics Committee at the Hospice Care Center of VNS in Akron, Ohio. He has served several years as a State Continuing Education Chairperson for the Association of Professional Chaplains. For well over a decade, Sam has been an active editorial review board member and contributing writer for Healing Ministry Journal, The Journal of Terminal Oncology, and The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. Sam began his speaking about spiritual care over 15 years ago and continues to speak at public engagements on the local, national, and international levels. He has spoke at several college campuses and keynoted at several Hospice Conferences. His first book of four What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living is a National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization selection. Sam s undergraduate study was at Georgetown College with a B.A. in Psychology. He received his Master of Divinity @ The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with an emphasis in the Pastor/Teacher track. In 2003, Sam Oliver finished his post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Ethics through Rush University in Chicago, IL. Presently, Reverend Doctor Samuel Lee Oliver is the Chaplain at a Hospice Care Center Ohio.

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