Gary Kowalski w Kate Loving And The Collective Wisdom

In Gary Kowalski's words:

"As a clergyman, one of the hardest but most satisfying parts of my job is helping families face the end of life.  I dread getting the call when a death has occurred.  But somehow, through grace and simply being willing to accompany another person through those dark places, one can help them begin to see how life might still be possible, even when the world has turned to ashes.

I started writing Goodbye, Friend when my own dog was eleven-years-old.  At that stage, you glimpse the writing on the wall.  But however prepared you might be intellectually, you’re never completely ready emotionally for the coup de grace.  So the book was written partly as therapy, gathering up everything I knew about grief from my years in ministry, creating a sort of map to follow when the time finally arrived."

Gary Kowalski is the author of seven books including The Souls of Animals (New World Library), Science and the Search for God (Lantern Books), Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom For Anyone Who Has Ever Lost A Pet (New World Library), The Bible According To Noah: Theology As If Animals Mattered, (Lantern Books), Earth Day (a children's book) and Green Mountain Spring and Other Leaps of Faith, both from Skinner House Books.

Join us to discuss the sadness  you may be feeling w the death of a beloved Animal Companion.