While Still There Is Light: Writings from a Minister Facing Death

Shaffer, Nancy

ISBN 10: 1558967001 / ISBN 13: 9781558967007

Published by Skinner House Books, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: While Still There Is Light: Writings from a Minister Facing Death
• Publisher: Skinner House Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558967001
• ISBN 13: 9781558967007
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In 2011, Nancy Shaffer's life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor.

Here is her heartrending and heartwarming account of her final year as she came to terms with impending death. Part journal, part reflection, and fully honest, Shaffer's account of her journey through denial to peaceful acceptance will lend inspiration and courage to those in need, and insight to those who give pastoral care.

About the Author

Nancy Shaffer (1950-2012) was a Unitarian Universalist minister, a poet, and the author of Instructions in Joy: Meditations (Skinner House Books, 2002). She served congregations in Carmel, California; Glen Allen, Virginia; Evanston, Illinois; and Ann Arbor, Michigan.


Mary McKinnon Ganz was a dear friend of Nancy Shaffer. She is the co-minister of First Parish of Brewster, Massachusetts, and previously served the UU Church of Arlington, Virginia.