Topic
Death
How Dallas Willard Befriended Rookie Pastor Richard Foster
He taught me to live into the rhythms of the Spirit.
May 9, 2013
Dallas Willard, a Man from Another 'Time Zone'
He wrote and taught like no one else on the 'with-God life.'
May 8, 2013
Christians Can't Ignore the Uncomfortable Reality of Mental Illness
Our shallow responses send the message that our faith has no answer for this kind of suffering.
April 10, 2013
When Suicide Strikes in the Body of Christ
Neither life nor death, not even suicide, can separate us from the love of God.
April 9, 2013
Beef Stroganoff Isn't Rocket Science
The New York Times' controversial Yvonne Brill obit and the sacred call to remember.
April 5, 2013
Is Longer Life Better?
Gilbert Meilaender looks at the case for using science to extend human life.
March 26, 2013
The Zombie Apocalypse
Why are we fascinated with the walking dead who want to eat us?
February 1, 2013
In the Wake of Suicide's Silence: Why Blame Is Never the Answer
After my own brother's suicide 15 years ago, I should know that locating blame is so often futile.
August 29, 2012
What Christians Can Learn from the Legacy of Nora Ephron
The film screenwriter, who died Tuesday, showed that women can be deadly funny about the fears that haunt us.
June 28, 2012
Why Facebook Removed Photos of a Baby
The site's banning of photos of Heather Walker's dying infant reveals a culture terrified of death.
May 25, 2012
Mourning with Those Who Mourn on Mother's Day
How do you weep alongside the weeping woman while you have a happy, healthy baby bouncing on your hip?
May 11, 2012
Owning Redemptive Grief after the Ohio School Shooting
Instead of speculating on why T.J. Lane killed three of his classmates, we are better off asking how to grieve the tragedy rightly.
March 1, 2012
Why a Funeral Is Not the Time to Rejoice
We can let this season of Lent be Lent, so that Easter can be Easter.
February 29, 2012
Scared to Death of Death: Facing More Than Gramma's Mortality
When my family moved my grandma cross-country to a nearby nursing home, I had no idea she would bring with her a reminder of irrevocable loss.
February 7, 2012
Rethinking the Death Penalty
Why recent information has shifted discussion about capital punishment away from debating morality and toward exposing abuse in the criminal justice system.
April 12, 2011
Assaulted Woman to Be Kept Alive, Rules India Court
Until the story of Aruna Shanbaug, I had never heard the phrase "passive euthanasia," let alone grappled with whether or not I participated in it nearly 20 years ago.
March 14, 2011
Catherine Clark Kroeger, Remembered
The New Testament scholar's impact on so many lives was on display at this weekend's memorial service at Gordon-Conwell.
March 9, 2011
Christ Lifts the Widow's Veil
In 'The Undistracted Widow,' Carol Cornish says her husband's death opened a door to dependence on God that marriage had not permitted
December 6, 2010
Social Media Addict Seeks Connection, Escape
Lessons from the story of the young mom who killed her baby for interrupting her Farmville game.
November 17, 2010
Mildred Jefferson: 'A Physician, a Citizen, and a Woman'
Jefferson, an eloquent leader of the pro-life movement and the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, died October 15.
October 22, 2010
A Theology of Jiggly Thighs
What a graying supermodel can teach Jesus' female followers.
August 18, 2010
Grieving a Miscarriage
An excerpt from Shauna Niequist's new book, 'Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way'.
July 23, 2010
When a Daughter Must Parent Her Parents
A new study shows why caring for aging parents more often falls on women than on men.
June 11, 2010
Learning from the Cornell Suicides
The Ivy League school's six suicides in six months serve to remind us of the people in our networks who are struggling privately.
March 26, 2010
Is Self-Promotion Sinful?
A lesson in soul care from J. D. Salinger, who lived in seclusion for a half-century.
February 4, 2010
Would I Have Hid Jews During the Holocaust?
The story of Miep Gies, the Christian Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank and preserve her diary, makes me wonder.
January 13, 2010
Baby Dies Aboard United Airways Flight: A Response
In our eagerness to assign blame, mothers usually bear the brunt of tragedies like this.
December 9, 2009
Running in the Shadow of 9/11
Much of my life has been lived in the kinetic shadow of New York City. Last weekend, I owned that city's streets for three hours.
August 21, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921-2009
Remembering the devout Catholic's tireless work for people whose lives were often seen as worthless.
August 14, 2009
Deciphering the Pennsylvania Gym Shooting
What George Sodini's journal reveals about women and violence.
August 12, 2009
Nancy Guthrie: Hearing Jesus Speak Into Your Sorrow
Well acquainted with suffering, Guthrie offers Jesus' words of comfort in her most recent work.
July 14, 2009
Neda: More Than Her Death
Behind the stark symbol of her videotaped death is one vibrant life snuffed out and a family in mourning.
June 24, 2009
An Apologetic for Ink
Why I got a second tattoo after the first one was a complete mess.
April 20, 2009
The Death of “Near Death”: Even If Heaven Is Real, You Aren’t Seeing It
Thrust back into popular consciousness by a surgeon claiming that “Heaven is Real,” the NDE has come under both theological and scientific scrutiny for its supposed ability to preview the great gig in the sky. But getting to see Heaven is hell—you have to die. Or do you? (Scientific American)
Death On Facebook Now Common As 'Dead Profiles' Create Vast Virtual Cemetery
Facebook, with 1 billion detailed, self-submitted user profiles, was created to connect the living. But it has become the world's largest site of memorials for the dead. (HuffPo)
Meeting Contraception Needs Could Sink Maternal Death Rate
A study says the global maternal mortality rate could drop by a third if all needs for family planning were met. (New York Times)
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