Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

by N. D. Wilson
Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

by N. D. Wilson

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Overview

Each of us is in the middle of a story. In this astoundingly unique book, bestselling author N.D. Wilson reminds us that to truly live we must recognize that we are dying. Cause of death: life.

Death by Living is a poetic exploration of faith, futility, and the incredible joy of this mortal life.

N.D. Wilson recounts stories from his life in poetic prose, giving perspective on the life we're given by God. Death by Living explores the topics of family, grappling with the death of loved ones, and how to live with intention to get the most out of our time on Earth. Wilson encourages us to live hard and die grateful, and to see Christ in every pair of eyes. To write a past we won’t regret.

All of us must pause and breathe. See the past, see life as the fruit of providence and thousands of personal narratives. We did not choose where to set our feet in time, but we choose where to set them next. We stand in the now. God says create. Live. Choose. Shape the past. Etch your life in stone, and what you make will be forever.

In Death by Living, you will:

  • Experience life with renewed wonder
  • Recognize mundane moments as opportunities
  • Learn to live hard and die grateful
  • Recognize death as a gift instead of something to be feared

At once inspiring, humorous, and unbelievably moving, this a book that you will read again and again, finding fresh perspective each time you open it.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780785290070
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date: 06/08/2021
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 162,650
Product dimensions: 5.45(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

N. D. Wilson is a best-selling novelist, professional daydreamer, and occasional screenwriter. He enjoys hilltops, callouses, and the smell of rain on hot asphalt. He and his wife have five children, and he is currently a Fellow of Literature at New Saint Andrews College, where he teaches freshmen how to play with words.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Hello Again ix

1 Places, Every*%&&##body 1

2 Soul Food, Paper Boats, and the Pitcher: Stories Told 9

3 Eyes Back: 1 33

4 Going to Hell in a Seventeen-Passenger Handbasket: Stories Lived 37

5 City Hiatus: Rome 57

6 Born to Trouble 67

7 Eyes Back: 2 87

8 The (Blessed) Lash of Time 93

9 City Hiatus: Jerusalem 119

10 The Quick, the Grateful, and the Dead 131

11 Eyes Back: 3 147

12 City Hiatus: London 153

13 Rules for Mortals 159

14 Eyes Back: 4 171

15 Moses, Keep Your Hands Up 179

16 City Hiatus: Home 183

Gratitude 187

About the Author 189

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