"In the midst of death, life persists. In the midst of untruth, truth persists. In the midst of darkness, light persists.” - Mahatma Gandhi
What shall we make of a frail old age ? On watching Allelujah
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If I had taken any notice of the reviews then I should certainly not have parted with £12 for a cinema ticket to see this film. Based on th
A Day that left its imprint on us all – The Funeral of HM The Queen
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On the day after the funeral I write this feeling a certain kind of disorientation. Bank Holidays often bring that disruption to the
Spirituality in Hospice Care
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Spirituality in Hospice Care
How Staff and Volunteers Can Support the Dying and Their Families
Edited by Andrew Goodhead and Nigel Hartley Jessi
Embracing our Mortality ?
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Marion Carter
Helping children and adolescents think about death, dying and bereavement
Jessica Kingsley publishers 2016
£16.99
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Easter eve
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Glorious Collect for Easter Eve
Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
so by c
who died?
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who died?
When death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering
what
Long Dark Days
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fall, leaves, fall
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn
Befriending Death
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MOTHER MARY CLARE SLG (1906-1988)
LIVING THROUGH THE DYING
Any Christian whether living in the world or in the Religious Life, active or enclosed,
Ways into death and its narratives
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Quietus: The vessel, death and the human body
An exhibition by Julian Stair Winchester Cathedral Autumn 2013
FB friends will have seen som
Learning about Loss – Book review
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The Essential Guide to Life After Bereavement
Beyond Tomorrow
Judy Carole Kauffmann and Mary Jordan
Paperback: £12.99 Jessica Kingsley Publish
decline
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one day a day woke up and
was sky, air, light
and itself. Later, evening
tapped my shoulder:
a reminder, a privilege,
a job to do. Reco
Never Mind about Living what about dying?
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A Sermon preached at Emmanuel College, Cambridge Chapel 18 November 2012
Joy and Woe are woven fine
A clothing for the soul divine
Under every gri
Thinking about Death on All Souls Day
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Some of you may well remember that I spent a good deal of 2011 as part of a working group looking into the present law in this country regarding a
Control
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‘Control’ in this context( of death) has two distinct meanings, both equally crucial.
In the first place, ‘control’, as you would expect,
Changing Expectations of Death
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HERE IS SOME ADVANCE PUBLICITY ABOUT A CONFERENCE
A Cumberland Lodge residential conference
Changing Expectations of Death
Friday 23
The Right to Die?
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Sometimes life moves at such a busy pace that it's easy to think of it as just one thing after another. I think we probably spend too little time pr
Go straight to terminal one! Further musings…
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I think that some of you know that for much of last year I was involved in the Falconer Commission on assisted dying.Itwas a fascinating year and on
Who understands Death?
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Following a conversation yesterday about the narratives of death and particularly our own relationship to death I turned to that extraordinary narra
GRACE APPROACHING
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There is a grace approaching
that we shun as much as death,
it is the completion of our birth.
It does not come in time,
but in timelessness
when t