Twenty-eight short stories arising from eight years of ministry in a sixty bed oncology unit. The chaplain promised dying patients that they would never die alone. He held so many hands of people while they died, that he became the Toe Tag Chaplain. Tales of spiritual victory, dramatic losses, delight and tragedy fill the book.
Joe Smith is in his fifty-third year of varied ministry, from the Pastorate, to college teaching, to missionary work. He is now the Director of Hospital Chaplains for IFCA International, a fellowship of independent individuals, churches and organizations who choose to work together to promote and perfect Biblical Ministry.