Jennifer Schuchmann Boeken

When Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient's hand... he can experience what they feel and see as they cross over. Because of these God-given glimpses of the afterlife—his "appointments with heaven"—Reggie knows beyond a doubt that we are closer to the next world than we think. Join him as he shares remarkable stories from his life and practice, including the tragedy that nearly drove him away from faith forever. He reveals how what he's seen, heard, and experienced has shaped what he believes about living and dying; how we can face the passing of our loved ones with the courage and confidence that we will see them again; and how we can each prepare for our own "appointment with heaven." Soul-stirring and hope-filled, Appointments with Heaven is a powerful journey into the questions at the very core of your being: "Is there more to life than this? What is heaven like?" And, most important: "Do I believe it enough to let it change me?"

Dan Woolley, pochovaný pod troskami po ničivom zemetrasení na Haiti, v neistote, či ho vôbec zachránia, prežíval jednu z najväčších možných nočných môr. V tomto pôsobivom príbehu o ceste, ktorou jeho viera a odvaha prešli počas desivej skúšky, sa ocitáme na mieste priamo s ním, okamih po okamihu, a nedočkavo obraciame stránky, aby sme upokojili svoje srdce. Po zmene hotela na poslednú chvíľu nik, ani Woolleyho manželka, netušil, kde je, keď 12. januára 2010 nastalo v Port‐au‐Prince na Haiti zemetrasenie s magnitúdou 7. Len okamih po tom, čo Woolley vkročil do haly hotela Montana, videl, ako sa steny ohýbajú a on sa ocitá pod troskami šesťpodlažného hotela. Woolley, 65 hodín uväznený v úplnej tme, so zlomenou nohou, na ktorej bola otvorená rana, a s poranenou hlavou, bojoval so zúfalstvom, dehydratáciou a hnevom voči Bohu. Pochyboval, či ešte uvidí manželku a svojich dvoch synov. V dôsledku životnej zaneprázdnenosti Woolley dopustil, aby jeho viera i manželský vzťah ochabli. Teraz, uväznený v tesnom priestore, bol prinútený uvažovať o tom, na čom naozaj záleží, a bojoval o to, aby si uchoval nádej a zostal nažive, kým bude možná jeho záchrana.