And how much goes out of the world when good men die!
Alexander Smellie, In the Secret Place

In the past week our school lost a board member as well as a long-time resident of the community whose granddaughter is a teacher at the academy. Even when it is expected, death always comes as a shock. The library has some good resources for those dealing with death and sorrow. Here are a few:

The View From a Hearse: a Christian View of Death by Joseph Bayly (pastor who lost three sons)
Thrice Through the Valley byVoletta Steel (missionary who lost her husband and three children)
Confessions of a Grieving Christian by Zig Ziggler
America Looks Up by Max Lucado
Facing Death and the Life After by Billy Graham (audio tape)
You Can Begin Again by Gerald Mann (audio tapes)
Home Before Dark by Margaret Johnson
The Case For Easter by Lee Strobel
Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Heaven: Where is it? by Dwight Moody
Somewhere Forever (video dedicated to former academy student Yvonne Williams)
90 Minutes in Heaven by John Piper
When God Doesn't Make Sense by James Dobson
When God Weeps by Joni E. Tada
Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey
Cries of the Heart by Ravi Zacharias

I have several large files of quotes on death and eternal life I'd be glad to share. Contact me at:
donnie.stockin@houghtonacademy.org if you would like them.
Their titles are: Heaven, The Dark Night of the Soul, and Thoughts on Suffering & Death