{"product_id":"death-by-living-life-is-meant-to-be-spent","title":"Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this astoundingly unique book, bestselling author N.D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live we must recognize that we are dying. Every second we create more of our past—more decisions, more breathing, more love and more loathing, all of it slides by into the gone as we race to grab at more moments, at more memories made and already fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are all authors, creators of our own pasts, of the books that will be our lives. We stare at the future or obsess about the present, but only the past has been set in stone, and we are the ones setting it. When we race across the wet concrete of time without purpose, without goals, without laughter and love and sacrifice, then we fail in our mortal moment. We race toward our inevitable ends without artistry and without beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of us must pause and breathe. See the past, see your life as the fruit of providence and thousands of personal narratives. What led to you? You did not choose where to set your feet in time. You choose where to set them next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, we must see the future, not just to stare into the fog of distant years but to see the crystal choices as they race toward us in this sharp foreground we call the present. We stand in the now. God says create. Live. Choose. Shape the past. Etch your life in stone, and what you make will be forever. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eN.D Wilson Author's Collection Editions: These premium editions featuring new forewords and afterwords are published by the author with special permission from Thomas Nelson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eForeword by John Wilson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also purchase this as an audiobook here, on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B078TNSGTJ\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-105015\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_105015_rh_us\" title=\"Death by Living on Audible\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e,* on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/audiobook\/407662889\/Death-by-Living-Life-Is-Meant-to-Be-Spent\"\u003eSCRIBD\u003c\/a\u003e, and wherever audiobooks are sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* All purchases made through this link will earn us a small commission through Amazon Associates, an affiliate program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Winner of the \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e 2014 Book Awards!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDeath by Living\u003c\/em\u003e is a reflective yet lively mishmash of theology, philosophy, and memoir. Wilson's mantra that 'life is meant to be spent' seeps from every pore of this book. Both playful and poetic, Wilson's carpe diem challenge is sweaty with urgency, his anecdotes buzzy with vibrancy.\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Christianity Today Book Awards \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDeath by Living\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid of memoir, apologetics, theology, philosophy, and lyrical prose, at once irreverent and worshipful, comical and elegiac. But where Tilt-A-Whirl focused on a way of seeing, \u003cem\u003eDeath by Living\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on 'a way of living, a way of receiving life.'\" ~Brett McCracken, Christianity Today\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wilson issues a robust call to a deep, rich, risky, sacrificial, joyful, exhausting, and ecstatic life—one that takes us beyond our perpetually curved-in-on-self existence. To do that, he deploys a level of linguistic friskiness that disrupts, disarms, and rouses us to life.... We’re good at advancing arguments, parsing passages, making numbered observations on texts, and gospelizing literally everything (figuratively-speaking). Writing and preaching with dripping, juicy meat on the bones of our structural outlines isn’t too common, though. While the Spirit ultimately enlivens the Word in our hearts, he has decided to work through means. If we want people to embrace the doctrines of the faith with the kind of abandon Wilson (and the New Testamant) calls for, it’s better to give him something lively to work with. If you hadn’t picked up on it, \u003cem\u003eDeath by Living\u003c\/em\u003e is a great book. Buy it. Read it. Give it away. Most importantly, though, try to live it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Derek Rishmawy, \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel Coalition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My go-to read when I need a reminder of how to make each day count. Wilson’s combination of sharp theology and off-kilter, non-sequitur anecdotes evolve the intellectual challenges of his 2009 book \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Tilt-a-Whirl\u003c\/em\u003e, to challenges of how we ought to live. In \u003cem\u003eDeath By Living\u003c\/em\u003e, Wilson draws parallels and pathways from his grandparents’ stories to his story to his children’s stories. This can sound sure and simple, but Wilson’s writing takes us through all the raw twists and turns of life and death and beyond.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Sharon McKeeman, Relevant Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eN.D. Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the bestselling author twelve critically acclaimed novels, including the \"100 Cupboards\" trilogy and the \"Ashtown Burials\" series. Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl, Wilson's first work of nonfiction, remains a touchstone of Christian thought after more than a decade in print. His second volume, Death by Living, was named Book of the Year by Christianity Today. With millions of books sold, Wilson has since expanded into film and television as a writer, producer, and director. He has founded the Camperdown Writer's Kiln at New Saint Andrews College, and he co-hosts the popular Stories Are Soul Food podcast. A father of five, a husband of one, and a track and basketball coach to many, he is happiest when grilling meat for his people and watching the wind on the hills.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W1W841iPg1Q\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWatch the full Trailer HERE:\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W1W841iPg1Q\" data-dashlane-frameid=\"1279\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: N.D. Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAPERBACK PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHARDBACK PUBLISHER: N.D. 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