Ministry on death

Jeffery Smith considers our preparation for death

by Jeffery Smith 6th January 2017

Last year my friend, a Quaker, was admitted to hospital and it soon seemed likely that he would die. I visited him hoping, at best, to give comfort. Unlike others, I do not have any detailed idea of an afterlife or how it might happen. Even if we had such a picture as presented by the Bible, I could not see how to invoke blessings on him. Nor did I suspect choice readings from the Bible would especially help.