mortality

Life, Death and Everything In Between

Posted on July 7, 2011January 3, 2012 by Adina Allen

This year, in our seven-person CPE group working at a large Jewish assisted living facility in Boston, we are taught by a United Church of Christ Reverend and my fellow students are Jewish and Unitari... Read More

The hardest thing in life

Posted on April 13, 2011April 12, 2011 by John Klawiter

I’ve been thinking about the topic of death a lot more than usual lately. Not from a pastoral care role. Not from presiding over funerals. But very personally. Two weeks ago, we put my son Olive... Read More

Memento Mori: Cultivating a Mortal Imagination

Posted on January 13, 2011January 13, 2011 by Oliver Goodrich

I believe that it is not a coincidence that our president was able to challenge us to expand our moral imaginations during this time of national grieving and reflection. It is precisely because our im... Read More

Mortality & the Intercultural Experience: Reflections on the Community of the Dying

Posted on December 12, 2010December 14, 2010 by Ian Burzynski

Alphonso Lingis identifies the potential for genuine community (despite the radical difference that separates us) as being deeply intertwined with the experience of mortality. Inspired by Lingis's con... Read More