Where to find more help - books and websites
WHERE TO FIND MORE HELP
I: BOOKS
Ashton, Mark – On My Way to Heaven. 10 Publishing 2010
Burnham, Elizabeth Dean – When Your Friend is Dying. Kingsway 1983
Craig, William Lane - The Son Rises. Wipf and Stock, 2000
Down, Martin - The Christian Hope: a Guide to Life after Death. Rehoboth Media 2016
Gawande, Atul - Being Mortal. Profile Books 2015
Graham, Billy - Nearing Home. Tomas Nelson 2013
Grollman, Earl – Talking about Death. Beacon Press 2011
Habermas, Gary - The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus. Kregel Publications, 2004
Heike, Elizabeth – A Question of Grief. Hodder 1985
Levine, Stephen - Who Dies: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. Anchor Books 1989
McQuellon, Richard – The Art of Conversation through Serious Illness. OUP 2010
Morrison, Frank - Who Moved the Stone. Faber 1930
Mundy, Michaelene – What Happens When Someone Dies? A child’s guide to death and funerals. Abbey Press 2009
Parsons, Mike - Suicide and the Church. Grove Books
Sister Frances Dominica - Just My Reflection…Helping Parents to Do Things Their Way When Their Child Dies. DLT 1997
Sheppard, Grace – Living with Dying. DLT 2010
Twycross, Robert - A Time to Die. Christian Medical Fellowship 1984
Wertheimer, Alison - A Special Scar. Routledge 2001
Worth, Jennifer - In the Midst of Life. W&N 2012
Wright, Tom - Surprised by Hope, SPCK 2011
Wyatt, John - Matters of Life and Death. IVP 2009
II: WEBSITES (Accessed August 2023)
Advance Decisions
http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/end-of-life-care/Pages/advance-decision-to-refuse-treatment.aspx
Alzheimer’s Society.
Arranging a funeral and finding an undertaker
https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/arrange-the-funeral
http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-advice/find-a-member/
http://www.saif.org.uk/members-search/
Babycentre: stillbirth
www.babycentre.co.uk/a1014800/when-a-baby-is-stillborn
Babycentre: how friends can help
https://www.babycentre.co.uk/x1014809/my-friends-have- recently-lost-their-baby-is-there-anything-i-can-say-or-do- to-help-them
Cancer Research UK what to do when someone dies
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/coping/dying-with-cancer
Child bereavement
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group: Facing the death of your child
https://www.cclg.org.uk/Publications/If-your-child-cannot-be-cured
Citizens Advice Bureau (search: death and wills)
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/
Dying Matters
Lasting Power of Attorney
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview
Macmillan Cancer support
Making a Will:
https://www.gov.uk/make-will/overview
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/for-the-public/common-legal-issues/making-a-will/
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Miscarriage Association
http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
NICE (National institute for health and Care Excellence)
Organ donation
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/register-your-decision/
Resuscitation Council (UK)
Samaritans
SANDS: Stillbirth and neonatal death charity
Support after suicide
http://www.supportaftersuicide.org.au/
What to do when someone dies: UK Gov
https://www.gov.uk/when-someone-dies
Winston’s Wish, the charity for bereaved children
http://www.winstonswish.org.uk/
III: BIBLE VERSES
(These are given in the following form: the book of the Bible, then the chapter, then the verse(s))
- The hope of everlasting life: John 3 v.16, John 5 vv.24-30, John 6vv.35-40, John 10 vv.27-29, John 11 vv.25-27, 1 Corinthians 15.1-26
- What happens when we die: Luke 23 vv.42-43, Luke 16 vv.19-31, John 14 vv.1-6
- The choice: Matthew 7 vv.13-14, John 3.17-21
- The return of Jesus: Matthew 24 vv.29-31, 1 Thessalonians 4 vv.13-18
- The Last Judgement: Revelation 20 vv.11-15
- The New Creation: 1 Corinthians 15 vv.35-57, 2 Corinthians 4 v.16 – 5 v.10, Revelation 21 v.1 – 22 v.21
- Against fear: Isaiah 41 vv.10, 13, 43 v.1, John 14 v.1, 16 v.33
IV: QUESTIONS TO HELP PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT DEATH
- How do you feel about dying?
- What is the story of you and God?
- Do you expect any experience of life after death?
- Are you afraid?
- What can be done to help you?
- What are you hoping for now?
- What do you want God to do for you?
- Have you made a Will?
- Do you know what a Lasting Power of Attorney is?
- Have you thought about what sort of a funeral you want?
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