In nineteen years as a hospice chaplain, Jim McGuire has had the distinct privilege of providing pastoral care to more than four thousand individuals and their families. Throughout his service, Jim has learned that like each birth, each death is unique and bears telling. There is a lesson to be learned with each passing, if we are willing to learn, and Jim has identified four main lessons, or pillars: Stay Focused, Stay Calm, Stay Humble, and Stay True to Yourself. Over the course of four chapters dedicated to these pillars, Jim walks readers through the experiences of those finishing their earthly journeys and provides lessons the reader can apply to all facets and stages of life.
Through years of experience the author has learned lessons that can be helpful to all of us. Only someone that understands Hospice could recognize the profound positive impact the dying can have on the living.