Facing change in our lives does not have to be a traumatic experience. It can be a time of enlightenment. In fact, pastoral counselor J. Bill Ratliff shows that we can emerge from times of chosen and unchosen changes even more whole than we were before the transition. Ratliff describes the types of changes one is likely to encounter in life and then tells how to deal with endings, uncertainties, and new beginnings. His message is that resources from the faith community can contribute to creative transitions.