Good Courage: Inspiration for the Evening of Life
Language: English
Published by Gozalov Books, 2025
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- Title
- Good Courage: Inspiration for the Evening of Life
- Author
- Van Der Horst, Thomas
- Publisher
- Gozalov Books
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9079889849
- ISBN 13
- 9789079889846
Some books offer theological reflection, others practical pastoral advice. Good Courage: Inspiration for the Evening of Life does both and more. The book spotlights the experience of ageing.
To deepen the devotional and religious life, the author, Thomas van der Horst, a Roman Catholic theologian, provides commentary on traditional prayers, like the Rosary, and meditations synchronized with the liturgical calendar. Biblical stories prompt discussion alongside the writings of spiritual elders, Jewish and Christian alike.
Good Courage is full of lively stories. Van der Horst is a pastoral counselor, specializing in elderly care. The book originated during group sharing sessions. Here, we meet vibrant characters. There's an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Den Hartogh, whose affection for each other blooms, even as their house brims over with flowers, and one of them goes blind. A man, forgetful due to dementia, receives the assurance of unconditional love from his partner-as by spontaneous grace. Guardian angels, evoked in prayers, walk through these pages. There are explorations of miscellaneous themes, relating to trees, motherhood, and pigeons.
Good Courage addresses issues that face us during that particular stage as we age and death draws nearer. Old age brings losses, of family, friends, and work routines; loneliness, pain, and various maladies. This time of life brings gains, too, of wisdom, present moment awareness, heartfelt friendship, beauty, and the abiding presence of the divine.
Good Courage: Inspiration for the Evening of Life is both a spiritual resource, related to ageing, and a celebration of life itself.
About the Author
Thomas van der Horst is a Roman-Catholic theologian and spiritual counselor (retired Januari 2025) in Heerlen, Netherlands. He completed his full training at the Major Seminary Rolduc in Kerkrade, Netherlands, and a doctorate at the Catholic Theological University Utrecht-Amsterdam. Van der Horst has obtained specialized training in spiritual care for the elderly. This training includes the following professional certificates: the Elderly Care (NCOI) Certificate, the Certificate of Elderly Advisor (Christian University of Applied Sciences, Ede, Netherlands), and the Certificate of Discussion Leader in Moral Consultation (Utrecht University, Netherlands). Van der Horst has also studied intensively at the Study House of the Church Fathers (Gent, Belgium). His publications include a translation of various texts, by and about the orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann, entitled The Holy Week in Orthodoxy. A liturgical explanation of the Holy Week, published in 2023 by Gozalov Books, The Hague. Van der Horst, who is not an ordained priest, is married with two children.
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Technical director and translator at the Christian publishing house Gozalov Books (founded by Marijcke Tooneman) and Director of the holding company KochiToon Innovations Ltd, inventor. Publisher at the Christian-Hermetic publishing house Serebrov Boeken.The Hague, Netherlands
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