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And Should We Die...: A Young Man's Experience with the Miraculous

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If you want a book that combines family drama, international disasters, human fraility, the search for love and a divine ray of hope that can shine on each one of us, this is it! I read this book a couple of years ago and am about to send it to a dear friend, who, if he is anything like me, will be cring at times with a big smile on his face and at other times breathless with humility. I don't care what anyone says about Ron McMillan: his words are poetry in my book, and I am sure his Brother Randy is very proud of him.

This book goes hand in hand with The Message by Lance Richardson. In fact the main persons in the stories are cousins. It is a book to keep forever. I really did not want either book to end.

This is an excellent book. It is a great read, after reading "The Message", by Lance Richardson, the cousin of the authors, Ron and Randy McMillan. It filled in, for me, a few more layers, a few more answers regarding the process of physical death and life after this death, and our responsibility to fulfill specific purposes while we are here.

Just finished this yesterday, and I'm still in a daze by the beauty, simplicity, and love this story conveys. I believe it's impossible to read this and not come away with a real feel for how much God and Jesus bring to our lives if we listen and believe. I look forward to the day when my children are old enough to read this and understand how much they are loved by our Lord and those who have passed to the other side who work so diligently to help us here. If you're open to the possibility, then this book is a faith builder. I'm buying a bunch of these and giving them as gifts; as much as the story had me in tears, it's uplifting and brings hope. We will all pass in this life, but there is so much for us in the next as well. The way this book is written may not be Hemmingway, but that's the beauty of it. It's as if any one of us were writting it. Take the time to read this, be open to all that you can be and do, and listen. Look up, look around, kneel down.

This book was absolutely breathtaking. I would encourage anyone to read it of any faith.

First, I'm a big fan of Ron's work with Vital Smarts and LOVE Crucial Conversations and Influencer. This though may be his most impactful book yet! This book makes me want to try harder to be a better person. It is fun and entertaining yet serious and practical. I couldn't put "And Should We Die" down once I picked it up. I loan it to everyone I know and recommend it often.

Thanks, Ron, for penning Randy's story. I can't imagine how hard it must have been, but doing so has helped so many of us.

I ordered this expecting to get a story with more detailed near
death experiences, but it was mainly about this young LDS man's valiant
effort to rise above adversity from leukemia and accomplish the desires of his heart while yet here on earth, so I was basically disappointed but for only that reason. Randy was one of life's true heroes who knew why we are here and how we should live, and it is a story that should be told. On the down side, I find written LDS dialog boring-it's so sweet and gooey that you know what the next line is before you even read it. We are a sweet gooey people, which is fine, but isn't there a way to tell a story with less sugar? I know I sound like American Idol's Simon, but this is my honest opinion.

This book was okay. What I didn't like was the author telling me what a great guy his brother was. Just let me read the story and formulate my own opinion! And the brother did seem great. I just don't like being told how to think about him :o).