A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease for someone we love can fill us with fear. The disease robs people of their abilities and their dignity by degrees, and it leaves grief and exhaustion in its wake. How can a Christian honor God when faced with it? Deborah Howard and Judy Howe write for the family member who has just heard the diagnosis and does not know what is coming.

The booklet helps the reader understand the disease itself before turning to the particular spiritual difficulties it raises: grieving a person who is still present, sustaining care over years, and the guilt that attends decisions about care. Deborah Howard writes as a former hospice nurse. Part of Shepherd Press's LifeLine mini-book series: brief, inexpensive, and written to be read by someone with very little time.