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    Treasure from The Edge of Eternity: Stories from Those Who've Sailed Over the Horizon
    Treasure from The Edge of Eternity: Stories from Those Who've Sailed Over the Horizon
    Treasure from The Edge of Eternity: Stories from Those Who've Sailed Over the Horizon
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    Treasure from The Edge of Eternity: Stories from Those Who've Sailed Over the Horizon

    By T. Durant Fleming

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    In this small book, Durant challenges us, while also thoroughly challenging himself, to live,not just to think about it, but to actually do it, to really live today. This potent little text is definitely not a book about dying, it is a book about living, and it was written by someone who happily takes this endeavor seriously.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalmetto Publishing
    Release dateAug 24, 2022
    ISBN9798885906623
    Treasure from The Edge of Eternity: Stories from Those Who've Sailed Over the Horizon

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      Book preview

      Treasure from The Edge of Eternity - T. Durant Fleming

      TREASURE FROM

      THE EDGE OF ETERNITY

      Charleston, SC

      www.PalmettoPublishing.com

      Treasure from The Edge of Eternity

      Copyright © 2022 by T. Durant Fleming

      All rights reserved. No reproduction of this work, in whole or in

      part, for any purpose whatever, by any means of reproduction,

      whether hand, mechanical or electronic, shall be made without

      the express written consent of the copyright holder.

      Paperback ISBN: 979-8-88590-661-6

      eBook ISBN: 979-8-88590-662-3

      I remember asking my father, who was gravely ill, knowing he would never leave the hospital,

      Dad, how are we today? Without opening his eyes, he quipped, I’d rather be sailing.

      Contents

      Preface: Nobody Gets off of This Planet Alive—The Time to

      Live Is Now

      Introduction: The Voices behind This Book—A Gift to the Living

      Chapter 1Give Them Their Flowers before the Funeral— Loving Others Today

      Chapter 2Live Now—Time Is Not on Our Side

      Chapter 3Drink More Champagne—Celebration as a Virtue

      Chapter 4Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff—Keeping It in Perspective

      Chapter 5A Brief Reflection: The Cost of This Little Book— Lest We Forget

      Chapter 6You Can’t Take It with You—Avoiding Cumber

      Chapter 7Faith Matters—Death Be Not Proud

      Chapter 8Deathbed Wisdom—How Should We Then Live?

      Chapter 9Everyone’s an Author—Writing Our Own Eulogies

      About the Author: Dr. T. Durant Fleming

      When I Was Twenty

      Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

      —Psalm 90:12

      Preface

      Nobody Gets off of This Planet Alive—The Time to Live Is Now

      T

      his book should have been written twenty years ago, but the timing just wasn’t right. Some things are just that way. The reality is that I did not write this book; scores of others wrote it for me. They gave it to me, and I considered their gift to be among one of the most precious things that I could ever receive. For some of them, the words and the wisdom they passed on to me would be one of the last acts that they would perform in this life. What does one do when given such a gift? It must be shared.

      As an ordained minister of twenty-five years before I became a full-time educator, I found myself in all kinds of unique circumstances—performing happy weddings, visiting hopeless prisoners, laboring on politically dicey mission fields, celebrating births at hospitals, being present with families when loved ones where pronounced dead, enjoying sunny church picnics, helping others during the storm of a horrendous divorce, and toasting the shared joys of good folks living in community. Yes, the ministry places you in some pretty rich and often challenging situations. It is as if you have a unique ringside seat at the Passing Parade of Life. It’s like you have special access, a curious passport of sorts, into some of the more intimate, meaningful, and complex situations that the human condition has to offer.

      As was mentioned earlier, this book was given to me, gifted to me by people who are now gone. They may have died, but from the perspective of faith, they are not actually gone, they have just sailed over the horizon. My occupation placed me in the most intimate proximity with those who were dying. At first, to be very honest, it was part of the job I detested. Talking to the dying, sitting next to them as their lives slipped away, the tearful families—it was just too taxing, too intimate, too painful. (If you think that ministers don’t live in the real world and are shielded from the realities of life behind their clerical vestments, let me challenge you to do what they do for about six months. Chances are you’ll gladly hand that job right back to them after experiencing some of the suffering and complex human situations that ministers encounter regularly.) As an unseasoned young minister, I found

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