Love is Strong as Death: Moving Through Grief - Hardcover

James Dillet Freeman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871592460 ISBN 13: 9780871592460

Publisher: Unity, 2000

Synopsis

Love Is Strong as Death is an outstanding compilation of poetry about experiencing and coping with loss by James Dillet Freeman--nationally renowned poet, author, and lecturer.

The touching and powerful poems included in this volume tell the story of Jim and his wife Katherine and how they lovingly deal with life, dying, and death.

The poems tell the story of one man's deep and loyal love. They offer brilliant insight and poignant honesty that is peppered with pragmatism. Within these pages, you'll find a healing spiritual power that transcends death and ultimately emerges into a triumphant statement of living faith.

This is a must-read book for anyone who has lost a loved one ... who is coping with the sadness of someone dying ... or who is struggling to accept the reality of death as an inevitable part of life.

James Dillet Freeman's life has been blessed with finding the metaphysical movement known as Unity and also with finding his best friend, coworker, and wife Katherine. Freeman lost Katherin after her ten-month struggle with cancer.

This is a story of love, of life, and of death, which affirms that love is life even if it seems to hold death. It is a story told mostly with poetry--the story of the lights and shadows of one man's life--a journey of sorrow and growth. It was written in great anguish of spirit, out of deep personal need. This is also a story of love, happiness, and faith.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in 1912, James Dillet Freeman began writing verse at the age of ten. By the time he finished college, his poems had been published nationally. His affiliation with Unity School of Christianity began in 1929, by the invitation of Unity cofounder Myrtle Fillmore.

Rev. Freeman served as director of Unity's ministerial program for twenty years. He also served as director of Silent Unity, a worldwide prayer ministry, and was a member of the Board of Trustees and first vice president of Unity School. In 1984 Freeman retired from his positions in order to devote more time to writing and speaking.

His Prayer for Protection was taken aboard Apollo 11 in July 1969 by Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin. His poem I Am There, which is probably his best-known work, was featured in 1995 on the television program Angels II: Beyond the Light on NBC. It was also taken to the moon by Col. James Irwin on Apollo 15 in 1971. Irwin left a microfilm copy of the poem on the moon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Unity
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0871592460
• ISBN 13: 9780871592460
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156