I have just finished working on a new and challenging series of books for Guideposts, and I hope you will find it as fascinating as I do. The series is titled COMFORT FROM BEYOND, and is filled with true stories that explore the meaning of death and God's promise of heaven. Some of the books in the series also contain stories of God reaching out to us through those we know and love to help us find solutions to life's problems. Stories about times when we may be lost along our way, we may have taken a wrong turn, we may need to be rescued, or we simply don't have the answer to our problem. We're about to give up - when suddenly the way or the answer becomes clear to us.

This is the kind of story I have included in COMFORT FROM BEYOND -- a mother, grieving over the death of her son, finds a Mother's Day card he had written and tucked into a book; a devoted husband takes a rose from his wife's funeral bouquet, and it blooms for years until he dies; a woman whose father delighted in creating bird houses for the birds he loved, is comforted by a chorus of birds as she leaves the nursing home where he died; the mother of a young girl killed in the Columbine High School shootings at long last finds peace as she glimpses an angelic light lingering at the windows of the school library where her daughter died.

In these incredible moments, God is telling us that heaven is a promise of reunion with those who have passed on before us. He also makes it possible for them to keep in touch with us through so many signs and messages as we go on with our lives. They are close in our times of sorrow and helpful in our times of need. Once we understand that we haven't really lost them, we can live in the assurance that we will be together again. And, this time, forever.

The first book in the COMFORT FROM BEYOND series is Until We Meet Again: Stories of Everlasting Love -- true stories about ordinary men and women grieving over the loss of a spouse. Yet, in the midst of their anguish, they are given a sign that their loved one is happy and well. With this peace of mind, and with the knowledge that they will be reunited, the surviving husband or wife can find comfort and meaning in the present.

Some of the other books in this series are:

Brief Reunion: Stories of Unexpected Joy -- hearing the voice or feeling the presence of someone close to us who passed on.

Undying Love -- the never-ending bond between parents and children.

Eternal Moments -- when the experience of death becomes a time of miracles.

Touched From Above: the Reassurance of Angels -- how angels guide the dying to heaven, and comfort those left behind.