Author Description

Christian apologist, Richard E. Simmons III, suggests that until we choose to carefully examine and accept the philosophical implications of death, we actually forego the opportunity of experiencing the rich promises of life. The central focus of these quiet reflections conveys the author’s conviction and belief that the true challenge to leading a full life is to reach that place in our intellectual and emotional development where our perspective on dying is genuinely transformed—transformed so that it becomes “a joyful anticipation.” The when and how of our death— indeed, the very nature of death itself—will lose its power over us. Only then, the author concludes, will we discover the happy prospect of a hoped-for peace... a peace which passes all understanding.