Category Archives: Christian death
I miss this place. . . .
I’m not sure what happened. But I think in the last six months, most of my posts have been posts about how I don’t write posts anymore. So maybe I should stop that. Maybe I should just write them when … Continue reading
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Grief’s a funny thing . . .
Not a hee-hee, ha-ha kind of funny–which, I presume, you knew–just odd. So, today, my beautiful, wonderful, grieving husband was on. FIRE! cleaning stuff out, hanging up pictures we haven’t seen in who knows how long . . . Actually, … Continue reading
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A Christmas Eve Meditation from the Bereaved
The following is the meditation my husband gave at our church’s Christmas Eve service. Ry’s father died at the age of 64 Saturday evening after a six-year journey through dementia. Ry and I left early Sunday morning to drive 529 … Continue reading
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Christian Death Revisited
I pretty much said it all in the four posts on death I wrote back during Lent, but on Saturday I was on the receiving end of the blessing that comes in understanding death through Christian, hope-filled eyes. I attended … Continue reading
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Thinking about death . . . (part 4) Christian Hope.
I’m realizing I want this to be bigger than I can make it. Trying to trim down and remember my context. Frustrated theologians are so . . . well . . . frustrating! Christian Hope. That was the difference between … Continue reading
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Thinking about death . . . (part 3)
The second funeral. There I was, drained from yesterday’s funeral for Sherrie and last evening’s viewing for Aunt Adella: bright and early Saturday morning, walking into the church where my parents were married–where my father and his siblings, including Aunt … Continue reading
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Thinking about death . . . (part 2)
In case you’ve forgotten all about it, here’s part 1. I haven’t stopped thinking my thoughts, I’ve just had limited time to devote to writing them. And then I did get to writing them but ended up way off track. … Continue reading
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Thinking about death . . . (part 1)
This past Friday found me at two different funerals, with a viewing in between. These exhausting and draining days left me thinking about death a lot, thinking not only about death, but death in a Christian context, that is, Christians … Continue reading
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