dying

Poet Judith Montgomery offers a meditation on the painful repetition of caring for an ill spouse.

In this creative nonfiction piece, a woman recycles her dead lover’s computer and discovers the difficulty of letting go.

A poem by Liz Dolan explores children’s responses to death.

A conversation with Dr. Joel Shuman on the bodily enactment of the church, specifically how it deals with death and dying, in a disembodied world.

In this essay, a gravedigger’s daughter considers the meaning of mercy.

This essay advocates a biblical emphasis on life promotion and suicide prevention as freedom from a fatalistic and tragic life, especially in contrast to the ancient Greek fascination with death and suicide.

Barry Krammes’s work is reminiscent of the Old World, laden with stark bygones of stories that hold pain, suffering, and disaster. And yet, the meaning of these sculptural pieces of calamity, past, innocence, and insanity speak to each viewer in extraordinarily different ways.

On November 23, 1993, my wife and I were suddenly thrown into an unknown country, the one of people with disabilities and their families.1 Our daughter Karis was born with cerebral palsy. All four hemispheres of her body suffered significant movement damage; she could not eat, get dressed, brush her teeth, comb her hair, or […]

Mourning death is dramatically different around the world, as is the care people need in the face of death.