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A Fish Named Ed
by Sam Oliver
Synopsis
A Fish Named Ed is a book for children ages 6 and up. Many adults get a great deal of insight from reading such a simple and profound work as well. As you read this book, you will find the themes of life: Life, Death/Separation, Disorientation, Isolation, loneliness, Emptiness, and Reorientation. This book is for any child or adult who is going through grief and wants to awaken into soul. It is about how eternal relationships are formed, and how the process of healing can move us through our most difficult challenges.
Author Biography
Sam Oliver
Sam has cared for the needs of the dying in palliative care for over 15 years. During that time, Sam has served as the Chair, and now, Co-Chair of the Hospice Ethics Committee at the Hospice Care Center of VNS in Akron, Ohio. He has served several years as a State Continuing Education Chairperson for the Association of Professional Chaplains. For well over a decade, Sam has been an active editorial review board member and contributing writer for Healing Ministry Journal, The Journal of Terminal Oncology, and The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.
Sam began his speaking about spiritual care over 14 years ago and continues to speak at public engagements on the local, national, and international levels. He has spoke at several college campuses and keynoted at several Hospice Conferences. His first book of four What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living is a National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization selection.
Sam's undergraduate study was at Georgetown College with a B.A. in Psychology. He received his Master of Divinity at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with an emphasis in the Pastor/Teacher track. In 2003, Sam Oliver finished his post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Ethics through Rush University in Chicago, IL. Presently, Reverend Doctor Samuel Lee Oliver is the Chaplain at the Hospice Care Center of VNS in Akron, Ohio.
This is Sam Oliver's first children's book. It is a book on, loss, transition, and healing. This book is an attempt to share how the experiences of our lives give us internal strength to move through many of life's changes and events with faith in ourselves and in Our Creator. You can find out more about this author on www.soulandspirit.org.
The artists are Sam's children: Emilee Oliver and Luke Oliver. They were ages 10 and 11 at the time of this printing. He is very glad to be their dad.
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Book Details
ISBN: 9781603880015
Book Size: 5 x 8
Pages: 47
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