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Hospital and hospice chaplains are expected to assist individuals and families face the reality of their mortality via a gentle, calming presence. To the greatest extent possible, chaplains help people die with an awareness of being loved, of loving and forgiving, and of gratitude for the life they have lived. But terminal agitation and spiritual distress are common components of the final stage of life. How do professional chaplains honor and attend to each individual's spiritual/religious needs to the best of their abilities in the days preceding death? This book explores that critical question.

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Concerned with the death of biblical fluency, on the one hand, and the death of her patients, on the other, Witty offers a long overdue intervention, urging and modeling an approach that attends to individual patient needs and the ever-present need to receive guidance from Holy Scripture, especially in our transitions from this life to the next. Now more than ever, especially after COVID-19, Witty's commendation of 'Individualized Scripture Plans' offers a way for Christian chaplains to be truly Christian--explicit brokers of the sacred--in order to help believers die well and rest in peace. Witty demonstrates that Scripture can and does make a difference at such moments. Chaplains who read Witty's book will never be the same; moreover, chaplaincy writ large should be different, and better, following the publication of this important book. --Brent A. Strawn, Duke University Peace Be with You, Rest in Peace makes a fine contribution to a crucial dimension of hospital chaplaincy. The re-appropriation of Christian Scripture in the process of ministry to the dying is a welcome development. --Don E. Saliers, from the Foreword

"""Concerned with the death of biblical fluency, on the one hand, and the death of her patients, on the other, Witty offers a long overdue intervention, urging and modeling an approach that attends to individual patient needs and the ever-present need to receive guidance from Holy Scripture, especially in our transitions from this life to the next. Now more than ever, especially after COVID-19, Witty's commendation of 'Individualized Scripture Plans' offers a way for Christian chaplains to be truly Christian--explicit brokers of the sacred--in order to help believers die well and rest in peace. Witty demonstrates that Scripture can and does make a difference at such moments. Chaplains who read Witty's book will never be the same; moreover, chaplaincy writ large should be different, and better, following the publication of this important book."" --Brent A. Strawn, Duke University ""Peace Be with You, Rest in Peace makes a fine contribution to a crucial dimension of hospital chaplaincy. The re-appropriation of Christian Scripture in the process of ministry to the dying is a welcome development."" --Don E. Saliers, from the Foreword"

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Sue Witty spent over ten years as a Level 1 Trauma Unit urban hospital staff chaplain. She currently ministers as a chaplain with Compassus Hospice in Willingboro, New Jersey.

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