This guide can facilitate a series of decisions, which are collectively a loving embrace of those who survive you. You can shape what will happen then by your choices now.
A. Introduction B. Documenting a Life C. Providing for Final Spiritual & Pastoral Care D. Providing for Final Health Care E. Arranging for a Cemetery Burial F. Telling of a Death G. Working with a Funeral Home & Director H. Celebrating a Life in Prayer & Ritual I. Grief education & bereavement support J. Reflections: On Preparing for Death
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE HOW POWERFUL AND HELPFUL COMPLETING THIS WORK NOW WILL BE AT THAT UNDETERMINED TIME OF YOUR DEATH.
DISCLAIMER This guide is intended to present areas of concern related to death and dying and thus invite further study leading to informed decision-making. The information in this book is not intended to substitute for the advice of trained specialists from many fields, most notably health care, financial, pastoral or legal professionals. Readers should consult their physicians and medical practitioners, financial advisors and accountants, pastors and attorneys for appropriate, personalized, specific advice.
All illustrations show the diversity of nature and its cycle of nature—planting, growing, producing, reaping and death.