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We Shall All Be Changed — find it wherever books are sold or request it at your local library & store

If we live long enough, we will experience the piercing pain of losing those we love. Whitney K. Pipkin had a 20-year warning that the cancer her mom was diagnosed with when she was a child would one day take her. But it wasn't until she was forced to face what she’d dreaded most that Whitney saw: loss can also transform those left trembling in its wake.

Through a mix of story and biblical teaching, this book demonstrates how caring for loved ones who are dying and grieving their absence allows us to try on what we say we believe and to see whether it holds true in some of life’s hardest circumstances. To do so is to test the very words of a God who said He would be near in the valley of the shadow of death. And it is to find ourselves in the arms of a Savior who suffered, wept, died and rose again — yet kept his scars.

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The highlight reel from a lovely book launch event at Grace Bible Church in Virginia. You can also view the Q&A from a Wichita book launch event here.

Book Launch Event

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How can you help share this book?

We would love your help getting this book to the readers who need it.

Here are a few ways to support this book…

  1. Order the Book! You can do this from any of the retailers listed at the top of this page. Thank you to those who preordered this book and helped reflect a demand for it. Keep ordering the book for yourself or for others who may need it at the links at the top of this page. ❤️ Also, consider asking your local bookstore or library to carry the book so others might find it off the shelves. Many have forms you can fill out online requesting them to stock a book.

  2. Mark the book as “Want to Read” on GoodReads. If you use this website to keep track of what you’re reading—and what you want to read next—you can mark We Shall All Be Changed as want to read right now. Once you’ve read the book…

  3. Write a Review! Once you’ve read the book, you can write a review on Amazon, GoodReads and on other retailers’ websites that will help other readers find the book. These reviews also help tremendously with how the book is ranked on Amazon’s website. If it ranks high enough in certain categories, Amazon will help advertise it to potential readers. Reviews are huge! As a thank you, here is a bookmark you can download and print to take notes for a review while you’re reading We Shall All Be Changed.

  4. Share with friends. Almost every book I’ve ever loved was recommended by a friend. You can share about this one online or, better yet, in person with friends who are facing hard diagnoses or loss. Follow me @whitneykpipkin for quotes & content you can easily re-share.

  5. Keep extra copies on hand as gifts for grieving friends. When you order the book, would you consider buying an extra copy or two to share with someone who is experiencing loss? I can think of a handful of neighbors right now who have lost loved ones and are still processing, or who are staring down their own hard diagnoses. Perhaps you can too. What a gift to have this book ready to give, along with a journal and some flowers, to show someone we’re thinking of them—even if we’re not always sure what to say. (More in the book on that!)

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We Shall All Be Changed is now available in Paperback and eBook formats. An audiobook version read by the author is coming soon!

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How can you ask your library to order this book?

We would love your help getting this book onto the shelves at your local library so that you and others can find it for free! (You can also purchase a copy to place in your nearest Little Free Library.)

The good news is that most libraries will let you request a book for them to purchase!

1/ First things first: Google the name of your library and “purchase request” or “suggest a purchase.” Most libraries have a dedicated form that you can fill out requesting a book be purchased and added to the library’s collection. These forms are usually searchable on Google and will pop to the top of the results.

2/ Find the details: The form will usually ask for your information (including library card number), plus details about the title, including the ISBN number. You can find the ISBN number for any book by googling the full title of the book and “ISBN number.” For We Shall All Be Changed, the ISBN is 978-0-8024-3172-1.

3/ Submit the form: Fill the form in, press submit and you’re good to go! While there’s no guarantee that the library will order it, most librarians want to provide books that their members want to read. You can also purchase an extra copy to donate to your local library.

Endorsements

"No resource has provided more comfort and clearer insight into my own battle with grief than We Shall All Be Changed.  As Whitney recounts the slow and at times agonizing journey of losing her mother, she brings clarity to both the pain and the process of watching a loved one suffer, and throughout she guides her readers directly to the God of all comfort, who enters into our grief and prepares our hearts for heaven." 

 — Lydia Brownback, author of several books, including the Flourish Bible Study series, and Bible teacher with a Master of Arts in Religion from Westminster Theological Seminary

“In prose at turns poignant, profound, and achingly beautiful, We Shall All Be Changed offers the grieving and the weary a cool cup of water. Much ink has been spilled on death and grief, but seldom do such treatises combine the vulnerability, candor, and theological rigor of Pipkin's work. She expertly weaves personal experience with careful research and biblical insight to guide the hurting on a journey toward hope and healing—on a journey toward the solace that only a Savior acquainted with grief can bring. While intended for those facing death and loss, readers in all seasons of life will benefit from the wisdom and theological riches in these pages.”

— Kathryn Butler, MD, author of Between Life and Death, Glimmers of Grace, and The Dream Keeper Saga 

 

“I’ve known Whitney for as long as her mother battled cancer. And what she offers us in We Shall All Be Changed is the insight and wisdom gained through suffering well for a long time. With honesty, transparency, and a deep love of God, Whitney invites us to lift our eyes and see the comfort of the Lord in the midst of deep grief, the goodness of the Lord in the midst of great sorrow, and the presence of the Lord in the moments of profound pain. I have no doubt that the Lord will use Whitney’s story to comfort and strengthen you in yours.

— Courtney Doctor, Director of Women’s Initiatives for The Gospel Coalition, Bible teacher and author of From Garden to Glory: How Understanding God's Story Changes Yours, In View of God’s Mercies: The Gift of the Gospel in Romans and others.

“By God's grace, We Shall All Be Changed came to me in a season of caring for my mother, suffering from Alzheimer's. This beautifully written book gave me language both for grief and hope. As each page turned, I was reminded to look to my broken-hearted Savior and find his help in this present trouble. If you're keeping vigil, if you feel yourself wrecked by sudden or slow loss, let this book lead you through—and beyond—the valley of the shadow of death.

—   Jen Pollock Michel, Author of In Good Time and A Habit Called Faith

"In We Shall All Be Changed, Whitney takes on a topic we too often avoid but must eventually confront head-on, masterfully weaving together tender personal stories and rock-solid theological truths. I found myself moved to tears several times while reading, simultaneously flooded with memories of my own up-close experience with death and comforted again and again by the gospel of Jesus." 

— Caroline Cobb, singer-songwriter and author of Advent for Exiles: 25 Devotions to Awaken Gospel Hope in Every Longing Heart

“As I’m preparing my thoughts to preach the funeral of a friend’s father, I’m reminded that We Shall All Be Changed is a gift to those who mourn and those who will mourn. I’ve known Whitney and her family, as their pastor, for more than a decade, and I’ve seen her walk through the fog of grief with arms outstretched to receive God’s comfort, wisdom, and grace. In these pages she humbly, generously, and warmly recounts biblical truths that have been transforming for her, and will be for you, as we walk together into the house of mourning to see our glorious Savior reigning over death and leading us through the valley of death’s shadow.”

— Doug Sachtleben, lead pastor at Grace Bible Church in Lorton, Virginia

“In a broken world, still riddled with the effects of sin, we all walk through seasons of suffering and pain. In my own seasons of suffering, I wish I would've had Whitney Pipkin’s, We Shall All Be Changed. This is a resource that is theologically rich, biblically serious, and deeply human. I am praying this book gets a wide reading as it will help all of us on our journeys of suffering by pointing us to the God who is making all things new.”

— JT English, PhD, lead pastor of Storyline Church, author of Deep Discipleship, co-author with Jen Wilkin of You Are a Theologian, and a co-host of the Knowing Faith podcast

 

“I won’t forget this book. We Shall All Be Changed is a stunningly beautiful and powerful story of caring for someone who is dying. Whitney’s honesty and theological depth will ease your fears of death, either your own or that of a loved one, realizing that the journey will deepen us and that endless glory awaits.”

— Vaneetha Risner, author of Desperate for Hope and Walking Through Fire

“Whitney Pipkin's profound twenty-year journey—walking with her mother through cancer, confronting death head-on, delving into the depths of our souls, and emerging with rich hope in Jesus—is masterfully captured in We Shall All Be Changed. Her meditation in the house of mourning produced a heart of wisdom, which she generously shares with us in this remarkable book. With unwavering candor, Pipkin weaves her story with biblical insight, creating a luminous roadmap for all who will, are, or have walked with loved ones to the grave.” 

— Eric M. Schumacher, author of Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage and the novella My Last Name

“As one of Whitney’s pastors, I know this book isn’t theoretical. It’s the fruit of biblical truth that took root in her heart as she walked with Jesus and her mother through the valley of the shadow of death. Personally, my father died not long after Whitney’s mother (on the one-year anniversary of her loss), and this book has been tremendous in my own processing of grief. I cannot wait for our covenant members to have her book in hand.”

— Stuart McCray, associate pastor at Grace Bible Church in Lorton, Virginia

“I read this book after losing my father. In Whitney’s beautiful prose and deep faith, I found ways to see deeper within myself and chart a course for the future. This book is a powerful guide and an indispensable companion for life's most universal experience: processing loss and finding a new way forward.”

— Daniel Stone, bestselling author of The Food Explorer and Sinkable, former National Geographic journalist