Peter Kreeft has been featured on the PBS series "The Question of God." He is professor of philosophy at Boston College and lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.
This extraordinary book is a collection of luminous, practical,
edifying, and hilarious insights into life—into real love. They are
the heritage that the author/father, easing into the end phase of
his life, has garnered from long experience and deep reflection,
and which he seeks to pass down to his children and grandchildren,
and the coming generations. Kreeft's 'last words' are in turn wise,
witty, earthy, pithy, and frequently sublime. This is neither an
abstract tome nor a 'how-to' manual. It's simply a treasure that
should be handed out gratis to all young couples planning to be
married—in fact, to all those embarking on the human adventure. In
a word—to everyone.
*Michael D. O'Brien, author of Father Elijah*
Kreeft's latest book, presented as homey advice about life to his
own children, appears deceptively simple, but it is profound and
thought-provoking. This is no surprise for all Kreeft fans, myself
included.
*Father Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., author of The
Virtue-Driven Life*
Peter Kreeft exhibits four gifts: he writes beautifully, he has a
sense of humor, he really loves wisdom, and he is not afraid to
share that love. Fortunate the young people into whose hands falls
this book.
*Lawrence S. Cunningham, The University of Notre Dame, author of
Thomas Merton: Performing the Gospel Life*
Readers rightly look for both wit and sagacity from Peter Kreeft.
They will find both in this book. But they will find that both
spring from the heart of a very wise father who walks with the
Father of us all.
*Thomas Howard, author of On Being Catholic*
The book offers 163 lessons for the good life based on Kreeft’s own
experiences and study and just plain living (more than six
decades). It is common sense delivered with uncommon ease and
sincerity. The reader—and this is a book for all ages—will stop
often along the way, so obvious are these bits of wisdom we fail to
remember. Topics range broadly: making choices wisely,
prioritizing, handling worry, time management, prayer life,
sacrifices, marriage and family, keeping a chapbook, love, death.
Before I Go belongs in every Christian family’s library, to be
dipped into often.
*America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture*
Little books of advice such as the Chicken Soup series or Tuesdays
at Morrie's have been popular for a long time now. Here is one that
is just as interesting, just as easy to read, but far more
profound—because, of course, it is far more Catholic. Apologist and
philosopher Peter Kreeft is at his best with this collection of 163
mini-essays. . . . It's everything you want your children to
understand about life, love, and God, expressed with Kreeft's keen
wit.
*Faith and Family*
These 'chats' are worth reading or re-reading for a lifetime. . . .
They are all well-written, and important.
*Fcs Quarterly, Fall 2008*
Reading Before I Go will be a pure pleasure for the thoughtfully
reflective, and a valuable gift for many parents to use in passing
on wise words to their children before they lose the ability to say
those final, important words.
*Reader Views, November 2007*
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