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“Dale Goldsmith has written a rare treasure: a devotional that gently and consistently explores what it means for the Lord of the Universe to die, and what that means for us to live in imitation of Christ . . . As Christians reclaim a rightful focus on the art of dying well as part of living well, With My Eyes on Jesus is a gift.”

—Susan Windley-Daoust, Director of Missionary Discipleship of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota

“Death’s mystery looms at the end of each life. Without some sense of it, we cannot put our lives in context. Goldsmith does not answer death with pious platitudes. He gives us multiple stories touching, probing, interrogating death from every angle. Lenten reflection on these devotions will give a sense of death that undergirds the courage to live fully and faithfully.”

—Dan Edwards, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada

“Dale’s voice strikes, catches, and safeguards the reader who would ordinarily fear their own heartbeat in reflecting on death. The cadence of his voice is genuinely meditative because he has lived through the realities of grief and followed his own life’s roots into a deeper Life than most of us ever fathom. The reader need not wait until the season of Lent to read these daily encouragements; today is a fine day to face and open one’s life.”

—Gray Matthews, The University of Memphis

“In this beautiful and compellingly written book of Lenten devotions, Dale Goldsmith keeps our eyes focused on dying. In the long pilgrimage through this reflective season, we gaze upon our own death, the deaths of others, and, most of all, Jesus' death. As we come ever nearer to Easter, we are at last enabled to lift the hymn of the saints, ‘God will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more.’”

—Thomas G. Long, Candler School of Theology