death

It is not just the reality that we will one day die that should inform our pastoral presence, but also the fact that even now we live only by the grace of God. The grace of God in Christ is not only true, but it turns out that it is all that we have.

Many parishes will have baptisms this Sunday, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In Baptism, water is poured. The new Christian dies and rises with Christ. Grace happens. What, though, is the role of the Covenant added to many Baptismal rites, for example in TEC and the Anglican Church of Canada?

The Harry Potter book series is a profound study on the reality of death and a call to renew a Christian view of it.

At the end of November, after five hours of debate, MPs in the U.K. voted 330 to 275 in favor of a bill to legalize medically-assisted suicide. Civil and religious leaders warned that the "right to die" will easily become for the vulnerable the "obligation to die." Bishop Christopher Cocksworth unpacks the conversation and outlines a principled commitment to life.

They are welcome signs on a highway. After miles of slow traffic, driving on irregular and temporary pavement while the main road is being...

We must all at some time feel this: “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely” (Ezek. 37:11).

Among many effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world was an increasing sense of mortality. This was very evident in the circles of...

By Victor Lee Austin Eastertide is a good time to think clearly about death, for the simple reason that in Christ’s resurrection everything about death...

By Cole Hartin Lent is good time to think about death. It’s a good time to think about death because it’s the time when we...

By Paul D. Wheatley Life lived on this side of eternity is beset with an awareness of its finitude. We live with a quiet sense...