In death, what we thought was lost is, wondrously, restored to us. What we feared could never be accomplished is achieved.
Death and Dying
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Two new books on salvation ask the ultimate question: Are you saved?
Two new books show that Christian approaches to salvation are not as monolithic as one might think.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What we know (and don’t know) about life after death
Jesus did not simply speak of a life to come. He revealed such a life and gave us a glimpse of it when he rose from the dead.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
A meditation for All Souls’ Day: How has the love of others changed your life?
Now imagine what God’s love, after this life, can do to transform you.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I never had a reason to celebrate Day of the Dead. Now I remember my grandpa with Pan de Muerto.
This Day of the Dead, I made two loaves of bread: one to share with colleagues and the less pretty one for myself and my grandpa to share over a cup of cafecito.
Posted inFaith, Features
What the Day of the Dead can teach us about life
Darkness and light are but one, the psalmist tells us. Our lives are filled with both. Sugar and skulls. Flowers and dust. Love and loss. You cannot embrace one without allowing the other.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A Catholic Cemetery Convention? Why focusing on ‘deathcare’ matters
“How do we treat those things which are sacred? We treat them with care, dignity and respect. The church calls us to do that with our mortal remains as well.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why Steve Jobs called death ‘the single best invention of life’
“Death in life” must happen in this life if we are truly to live. We have to encounter an event that overturns our agenda, our way of being in the world, our very sense of self.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Choosing life over death on the George Washington Bridge
What saved me? No simple answers or solutions exist. People in the throes of deep depression cannot see a tomorrow of bright sunshine and love and joy.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Father Quentin Dupont responds to AP story on assisted suicide of Catholic man in Seattle
‘I was absolutely, unequivocally unaware of Mr. Fuller’s intention’ to kill himself.