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Reviewed for Midwest Book Review Jan 02, 2009
By Christy Tillery French
"reviewer/writer"
Marcia Cham is a retired pastor who presently works as an on-call chaplain at a medical center near her home in North Carolina. As pastor, Ms. Cham has officiated at funerals while providing comfort to family and friends of the deceased. She has dealt with a plethora of deaths, from babies to friends to her own family, all the while trying to deal with her own questions about and fear of death.
This book is Cham's journey as she seeks to face her fears so she can put them aside while serving others. Cham's witty style and heartwarming stories are not only entertaining but endearing. She shows an amazing propensity to draw the reader into her story so that the reader feels her pain, shares her grief, and rejoices with her love for life and God. She offers her reader insightful advice regarding how to help someone who is grieving the death of a loved one and shares letters she has written to her family about her own death. An incredible book that should be shared with family and friends, one that will encourage discussion about a subject that is often put aside and rarely talked about: death.
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A good death Oct 06, 2008
By Maggie Bishop
"visit Dames of Dialogue blog"
Marcia Cham's stories of dying and living are a guide book, memoir and toast to life. Some people ended life with dignity, grace and being ready for the next adventure. Some went with no warning in accidents. Some went with pain or fear. Marcia Cham's stories of how they touched her life and how she decided what to say at their funerals are a reminder that we all have a legacy and hold places in the memories others have of us.
This book gives a back stage look into a pastor's life, complete with personal struggles as well as doubts and fears. Plus, she found humor in dark times. Especially appreciated is the list of what to say and do and not do for the grieving. A "must have" book to help in troubling times.
A Deep Drink of Life Oct 29, 2010
By Radar
Marcia Cham's book is a pleasure to read -- a welcome reaffirmation of our shared human experience in dealing with both life and death. She openly discusses her own fears and inspirations through the lessons of her ministry, while tastefully dispelling some of the common myths associated with the processes of death and grieving. Her book rewards the serious reader with insights, a sense of renewed clarity, and the therapeautic value of humor. Great job!
Conversation Masterpiece Aug 02, 2009
By Evelyn Asher
"Evelyn Asher, author"
The realities of the dying and living that Marcia Cham captured validate scenarios of caregivers and agents who administer to them. This is a book I have kept by my bed stand, not to read because I have read it but to reread it again and again. Its humanity reaches my soul and validates my personal experiences in geriatric care. I highly recommend this book for affirmation of life's challenges, resolutions, and life-enhancement. Marcia Cham's is one you will remember for its poignancy, reality, and humor. "You Mean I Have To Look At The Body" is recommended reading in a master's program in gerontology class I am teaching entitled Effective Communication with the Elderly. If you need to/want to open conversations about healthcare directives Cham will clearly demonstrate that purpose.
Death Can Take a Joke. Dec 12, 2008
By Leslie Brunetsky
Marcia Cham does what few people dare to do--she introduces humor into discussions about death and dying. In so doing, she raises the level of comfort for readers who might be reluctant to delve into their own feelings about the subject.
Bravo for this irreverent former minister as she recognizes the multi-faceted responses to death as expressed by members of her flock and her own family. She shares her own challenges as a minister, daughter and friend in dealing with death and by doing it she gives readers permission to examine their own fears.
This book should be required reading for anyone who counsels the bereaved and everyone who has contemplated their own death or coping with the loss of loved ones.
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