Death

Rhythms of Death and Life

It’s a memory that’s stayed with me.  I was perhaps 20 years old.  A priest stood in front of the class lecturing.  I remember him as being old.  He was probably about the age I am now.  While I had already taken a couple of courses on the Bible before… Read More »Rhythms of Death and Life


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Love Is Stronger than Death

As I waited for the coffee to brew this morning, I stood at the back door of my kitchen looking at the trees of the wood behind my home.  While many leaves remain green, some branches were fiery red, some yellow, and a few were even brown.  I opened the… Read More »Love Is Stronger than Death

The Tapestry of Life and Death

As I scroll through the postings made by friends on Facebook, I see familiar kinds of postings — status updates, as they are called.  One may comment about a parent’s death, another on the passing of a cousin, another on the anniversary of a loved one’s home-going.  While people often… Read More »The Tapestry of Life and Death


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Musings on a Cosmic Spirituality

While sipping my morning coffee, I skimmed news headlines. One item caught my attention on National Public Radio’s web site: Astronomers Present New Information on the Aging Universe. http://www.npr.org/2015/08/10/431343053/astronomers-present-new-research-on-the-aging-universe The universe is 14 billion years old. It began with what we commonly call the Big Bang. From the Big Bang,… Read More »Musings on a Cosmic Spirituality