Lessons on the Way to Heaven: What My Father Taught Me

Texas businessman Mike Fechner had it all-money, investments, reputation. He felt good about himself and the Lord. He had sold all he had and focused his attentions on helping urban Dallas and the people of poverty-stricken Africa. And that's when his troubles began. When he found out he had cancer. What do you want to pass on to your children and friends Money Cars and houses Large benefits from insurance policies Or is there something else. The teachings of Christ informed Mike Fechner that there is something else, and Fechner found out what it really meant to have it all when he gave it all up. Even his life. Mike Fechner had cofounded an urban renewal ministry called H.I.S. BridgeBuilders and sold all he owned to fund it. But at this stage of serving the poor full time, when Mike believed he was doing precisely what God wanted him to do, the unthinkable happened. Mike was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a year to live. With his life’s clock now quickly ticking away, in a time of incredible pain and bewilderment, Mike discovered what it meant to truly lose his life for the sake of finding it. Through faith he kept going forward, and encountered a wilder, more adventurous life than he had ever imagined, a life truly given away and truly found. This is a book brimming with hope and faith, vision and wisdom. It’s a “last lecture” (Randy Pausch) for anyone who wonders what life is all about, who’s hurting and needs encouragement, or who wants to discover the secret of living a life that is so good it is beyond belief. Let Michael Fechner’s life inspire you to seek God relentlessly, trust him more closely than ever before, and fully release the time you have into the good and wise hands of your Maker.