Book Drawing: “Is It Safe to Die? A Memoir of Death-to-Life, Second Chances and Redemption”
by Kat Dunkle 
I’m very, very excited about featuring Kat Dunkle’s book. Kat is a dear, long-time friend of mine and I have cheered her on about writing this memoir that is powerful and gives God so much glory.
Her story includes a near-death experience, divorce, abortion, domestic abuse, childhood trauma, death of a child, and being an atheist. Yet, God’s grace, mercy, and joy overcame all these to bring her to salvation in Christ and a heart for God that inspires me. Her story will astound you. And can I say? I had the privilege of writing the Foreword for her book.
Read below how you can enter the drawing to win a copy of Kat’s book! UPDATE: the drawing is closed. JD is the winner of Kat’s book. Congratulations!
Here’s the Introduction from Kat’s book:
Is It Safe To Die?
by Kat Dunkle
Life can be a harrowing experience for everyone. Growing up in the 1940s and 50s with an unloving father whose job had us constantly moving around the country left me with many insecurities and just feeling different from all the other kids. I escaped from a difficult homelife into a bad marriage, becoming a mom of two sons by the time I was twenty-one years old. Divorce, poverty, and depression plummeted me deeper into self-loathing.
Then on a blind date, I met a wonderful man, whom I married less than a month later. Another beautiful son came into my life. My husband and I started a business. As far as I was concerned, my life was close to perfect.
One thing this life didn’t include was any relationship with or belief in God. Though I’d attended church in early childhood, God had hardly crossed my mind in over fifteen years. I had seen so much pain and cruelty in my own life and the world around me. If God really existed, then He must be to blame for allowing such pain and cruelty. So I preferred to reject any possibility that God existed.
Then devastation hit. My middle son was killed at just eight years old. The business my husband and I had started went bankrupt. My father dropped dead of a heart attack. All within a few months. From that point on, my perfect new life and marriage began unravelling. I grew increasingly bitter and angry. Above all, at any thought that a God might exist who had allowed my precious son to be taken from me at such a young age.
Through a combination of circumstances, I ended up in the hospital for emergency surgery, where I flat-lined and was declared clinically dead. TWEET THAT!!!
While the period in which I was clinically dead may have been quite brief in earthly terms, what I experienced during that time seemed far longer and was excruciatingly intense. I was first given the gift of feeling God’s presence. Then “all hell broke loose” as I plummeted into a horrific pit of darkness and burning pain filled with anguishing screams of other lost souls. I knew without a doubt that I was plunging into hell and that it was my own fault for having rejected God.
Amazingly, my heart started beating again, and I came back to life. Why did God let me come back? The one thing I now knew for certain was that God, heaven, and hell were all real and that I’d been given a second chance. While still clinically dead and undergoing that horrific experience of hell, I’d cried out to God, asking for forgiveness and redemption. The last thing I remember before coming back to living was the voice of God saying, “Bring people to me.”
Life drastically changed after my death-to-life experience. God healed me physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. He healed my marriage and brought my husband and children to faith as well. He also gave me a clear vision for founding a business in a field never tapped before. I became the focus of numerous magazine and newspaper articles on women in business.
Since then, I’ve gone on to be a speaker, Bible teacher, and business consultant as well. I’ve been interviewed for multiple television documentaries and books focused on near death experiences. I believe each of these opportunities were part of God’s directive to me while still clinically dead to “bring people to Me.”
It is for this same reason that I am now writing my story in full. I write this book for every reader who has suffered loss of any kind. Loss of a loved one. A career. Even your own life. I also write for every reader who may be suffering bitterness and anger due to loss, hardship, trauma, abuse, and depression. Or perhaps your life appears to be going well now, but you’ve chosen to reject the existence of a loving God because of past pain and grief.
If you are reading these words, then know that God loves you and is calling you this very minute to Himself. I invite you to accompany me on my own death-to-life journey in these pages. As you do so, it is my prayer that you too will seize that second chance, place your faith in a loving heavenly Father, and walk with Him daily.
And when your day should come to leave this earthly life behind, as it comes to all of us, may you have absolute certainty in your heart that it is indeed “safe to die” and that you will live for eternity with God in all His glory.
Wow, Kat, thanks so much for having God’s courage to share so vulnerably and honestly. I’m so glad you are offering to send a book to the winner of the drawing.
To enter the drawing, make a comment on the blog post. Only USA addresses can win. Last day to enter the drawing is Friday, November 11, 2022. UPDATE: the drawing is closed and JD is the winner. Thank you again for entering the drawing!
If you just can’t wait until then, you can buy Kat’s book (click here)
Author Kat Dunkle is the founder of Customer Research, Inc., an internationally recognized marketing and research corporation. She has been the focus of many articles on women in business and interviewed for multiple television documentaries and books on near-death experiences. She is a frequent speaker, Bible teacher, and business consultant. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and “ever-after” love Don, two sons, and four grandchildren. She can be contacted at [email protected]
I “died” in 2014 after coming out of CT scanner for a broken ankle. It definitely changes your perspective on life. God told me I had more to do. I like to read about others’ experiences.
Thanks so much Judy for letting us know your experience. I’m sure you the Lord has used you greatly! I’m so glad you’ve entered the drawing for Kat’s book. You will find it fascinating.
Yes Judy, welcome to the family of NDE. I’m sure you have many stories to tell yourself. Thank you for entering the contest for my book and hope you get the chance to read it. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
This book sounds amazing…like I can’t put it book!
You are right, Karen. It is the kind of book you don’t want to stop reading. Thanks for entering the drawing!
Thanks Karen for entering the contest.
I have had many instances of crossing over, after my own surgery on September 11th, 2001. I went in for surgery on my neck and woke up in recovery with the ending of the World as we knew it flashing across a tv screen on 9-11. I’m very happy you’ve written your experiences. I know I have nothing to fear when I cross.
Thank you for sharing, Beverly. We are so glad God wants you on earth to share about your experiences. I’ve entered you into the drawing.
Yes, we never know what is around the corner. Congratulations on your journey with Jesus! Isn’t it great having the savior of the world on your side! Sounds like you have your own story to tell? Thank you for your interest in my story.
Had a similar experience after Gallbladder surgery! I praise the Lord that I had accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior a month before my surgery. So thankful!
Thank you, Martha, for stopping by and sharing your story. How wonderful He saved you and now is using you for His glory. I’ve entered you into the drawing.
Yes Martha, sounds like you have a story to tell as well. I hope you’ve been able to use it in your walk with Jesus. God bless you and thanks for entering.,
I would love to read and share Kat’s story with others. Thanks for making us aware of it and presenting this drawing opportunity.
Oh Becky, you made my heart skip because that’s why I wrote this. I love speaking and doing the Lord’s work with Christians, but more than that is putting into their hands something that can encourage people to reach out for the help that only Jesus can give. I hope the book will bless many who have been injured by the pain this world can give.
So glad you’ve entered the drawing, Becky. I know Kat’s memoir will be a blessing to you whether you win it or buy it. You know the value of a memoir. It makes me think of your book “The Art of Heavenly Hospitality.”
Thank you for your interest in my story. Hopefully you will find meaning in it.
Anger and resentment have been issues for me having lived through a very difficult childhood. I can relate with many facets of this book and it would be very encouraging. Thanks for this opportunity!
Dear sister, I hear your pain. It’s hard, isn’t it? I hope the book encourages you and I pray you’ve gained great strength in what you have suffered. God is good and I know His heart for us is to bless us and all who are around us. We are survivors!
Thanks Kim for entering the drawing. I think you will indeed find an additional layer of encouragement from Kat’s story. I praise God for how He has already healed you in so many areas of your life.
Thank you for sharing Ms. Kat’s book and a bit of her testimony with us today Ms. Kathy. Most interesting indeed. I love seeing how God reveals Himself in our lives.
Hi J.D., thanks for your interest in seeing the powerful transition in a life redeemed by our Saviour. All praise and glory go to our lord Jesus!
J.D., I know Kat is encouraged to see your post and I’m so glad to enter your name into the drawing.
J.D.! You are the winner! I’m so excited for you and I will connect you with Kat by email.
So many of us have been through many trials in our lives. Sharing our testimony with others encourages us to continue leaning on the Lord and staying in the Word to strengthen ourselves.
So many strong women in the Lord and it lifts my spirit hearing from others. So glad about this book being published. I believe it is necessary, especially, in these days!
I agree, Judy. We do need to tell our stories of God’s work. Thank you for entering the drawing!
Yes, the Army of the Lord needs to come together in the times we are living in. I thought years ago that the world was headed for the end times but now it’s even more evident. People are frightened, confused, taught wrong things. It’s up to us to lean into the wisdom of Jesus and do what we can.
Sounds like a wonderful book of God’s love, mercy and grace. Would love to be entered in the drawing.
Thanks Darlene, for participating. You are in the drawing!
Our God is good “all the time”. He is our redeemer, our God. Hopefully you’ll see his powerful work in this book.
I would like to read and share the book with friends. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Julie, I’m glad to put your name into the drawing!
Thank you, Julie. I think you will find the book something you can give to those impossible people that you just can’t seem to get through to. Thanks for entering Kathy’s give away.
This looks like an inspiring and wonderful book. I have a feeling that I would get a lot out of reading it.
Thank you, Wen, for stopping by and entering the drawing. Yes, you are right. It is an inspiring and wonderful book!
Thank you. I pray God will reveal Himself in a big way!
I would love to read this inspirational book
I’m so glad you see the importance and value of Kat’s book, Betty. I’ve put your name into the drawing.
Thank you for the opportunity to share with you.
Hi Betty,
thanks for entering the contest. Unfortunately only one can win and J.D. was the name that was drawn. I would love to answer any questions you might have in the book. Please feel free to contact me.
I am so thankful for your book!
The Lord brought me back when my faulty defibrillator kept going off and later found out that I flatlined! I was alone when this happened so no one to medically intervene.
The Lord and I had a brief conversation. I later learned at that time my heart wasn’t beating.
He was with me and restarted my heart!
Thank you Lord for my life.
Hallelujah!
Wow, Judy, I’m so grateful the Lord chose to give your life back. I’m praising God with you! Hallelujah!