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On Death, Grief, and Redemptive Suffering

By William Yale My mother died of pancreatic cancer at age fifty-six; I was fifteen. For ten months, she endured chemotherapy and radiation treatment, until...

Memento Mori: On Death and Evil

Faith strangely exists amidst explicit doubts when we contemplate our death.

Music for the Soul

Harpists find a calling as they help ease dying patients’ suffering.

Song in the Valley of Death

Patty McKellar was emotionally and spiritually strong, and touched by the presence of Jesus. 

Pastoral Care in Death’s Path

By Steve Waring • After brushes with death, people “don’t want their rector to scoff at their most cherished, precious memories.”

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By S.L. Woodford • “I can’t believe I lost my mother this morning,” I type.

Undeniable Death

Review by Philip Turner • Three recent books do not attribute the denial of death to more or less universal psychological mechanisms.

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