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A very modern death
My father had what I consider to be a typical British (Caucasian, middle class) funeral. Only entering a church for the traditional hatch, match and his own dispatch, he had given me no indication of...
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A Dirge by Eric MacKay
I. Art thou lonely in thy tomb? Art thou cold in such a gloom? Rouse thee, then, and make me room,— Miserere Domine! II. Phantoms vex thy virgin sleep, Nameless things around thee creep, Yet be...
View ArticleThreatened With Resurrection
Life is hard! Sometimes it really sucks! Oh, we each have our diversions and delusions. Some of us, by virtue of birth or other unmerited good fortune, have the resources to pretend otherwise. We...
View ArticleForty Days, Day 39--Were You There?
Where were you when? It’s a common question asked of people who were alive when certain events took place. In relatively recent times the question might be “Where were you on 9/11 when the World Trade...
View ArticleEaster And Your Fear Of Death
The Fountain Kathy and I just finished watching The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz
View ArticleUnfair Check of Faith! and "About Death" #13
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family
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Easter eve
Glorious Collect for Easter Eve Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried...
View ArticleHospice Series (Part Three): Hospice in the Home
The original idea of hospice was to help patients stay at home and receive comfort care and pain management without having to go to a facility. Although services have since branched out to include care...
View Article"We Are They"
“I have died once and I ain’t gonna die no mo.” These words echo from the annals of black history as slaves who had experienced “being born again” would let you know by their conversation and conduct...
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Death and Renascence
Chapter 4 Tally: An Intuitive Life, All Things That Matter Press PJ described the hours and days that followed. “There was a terrible clacking noise beating on his eardrums. Loud. Sharp. Penetrating,...
View Articledie for something or live for nothing.
“It’s worse to live for nothing than to die for something” These are the immortal words of Rambo, or something close. However I am not sure there can be much truth in the statement because I don’t...
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Down from the Heavens
I love you, Lord , my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I called to the Lord...
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Living (and Dying) with Seniors
Viola is my seniorist senior dog in my pack. We make exceptions for Viola at this age. She doesn’t have to go upstairs behind the gate when I go out. She doesn’t have to sit/stay to get her dinner....
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Scaling Walls
http://www.undiscovered-yosemite.com/ He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me....
View ArticleA Life Thought
~~~ Don’t be afraid to live because someday you will die; rather be afraid to die without ever havin
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Reflections of Him
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are...
View Articlescaffolding an imperfect marriage
Laurie Anderson tells this story about the day she married her best friend, Lou Reed: “It was
View ArticleThe Good News for March 29th
For the complete Sunday readings click here. On Palm Sunday we hear the story of Jesus’ Passion and death. The gospel is the longest of the year and it is easy to tune out the words because we’ve...
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On Death and Dying…What Now? (I have no answers…)
In 2005, my mother was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF). I was a junior in high school and vividly remember my hospital visits, overnight stays, and fierce sense of numbness. It was my coping...
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Frozen
At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends...
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