In the course of the years, the human family has seen no shortage of plots and plans about how to prolong human life indefinitely. Ray Kurzweil's is one of these. In the words of… read more

I’m going to be brutally honest here for the sake of improving some things, both in our practice and the way we think about funerals, death, and comforting the grieving. I… read more

There’s nothing quite like loss (and a nightcap of bourbon) to make you think about the hereafter. Heaven… Hell… whatever else might exist (can I say that?)… read more

Judaism offers many active expressions of mourning that enable grieving people to acknowledge their loss in tangible ways. Some Christians are finding traditional Jewish mourning… read more

Death will be all right for us when it comes. But dying is another matter— so slow, so painful, so humiliating.   Death will be a quick turn, the winking of an… read more

Because we live in a broadcast news society, children you know will be hearing this story over and over and over again for the next few days. How can you help the children in your … read more