Imagining Death
by Sarah O’DellConfronting euthanasia, S. Kay Toombs re-imagines death in the context of Christian covenantal community. Continue Reading »
The Uses of Death
by J. BudziszewskiA Presbyterian colleague once explained to me that his rule of faith is to believe whatever is most “uplifting.” He found it more uplifting to believe in reincarnation than in death, judgment, and resurrection, because reincarnation “gives us as many chances as we need to get it right.” The . . . . Continue Reading »
How Assisted Suicide Destroys the Loved Ones Left Behind
by Jonathon Van MarenFar from reducing suffering, assisted suicide has become the catalyst for spreading it. In many if not most cases, a death by lethal injection transfers temporal suffering to heartbroken loved ones who struggle to process what has taken place. Continue Reading »
An Unexpected Gift
by John DalyI am hers and she is mine and nothing, not dementia nor death itself, can ever erase that. She will always be my mother, and I her son. Continue Reading »
Sharing Immortality
by Hans BoersmaEaster is good news: Our bodies too will be raised immortal, incorruptible—joined together with our souls in paradisal glory. Continue Reading »
Human Composting and the Christian
by Mark MiloschWhen we partake in the old-fashioned ritual of burying the dead in graves, we confess that we too look for the resurrection of glorified bodies at the end of time. Continue Reading »
A Cornucopia of Life
by Elizabeth BachmannA culture of life, therefore, means not just preserving physical life, but developing rich spiritual, intellectual, and emotional lives. Continue Reading »
Kevin DeYoung on The Case for Kids
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Kevin DeYoung to talk about his article, “The Case for Kids,” from the November 2022 issue. Continue Reading »
The Poetry of Autumn
by James Matthew WilsonBoth natural and artificial things bear a parabolic or symbolic quality to them. Autumn as a season, for example, is evocative of many things: the darkness of decay, to be sure, alongside bold beauty. Continue Reading »
The Work of Mourning
by Roger ScrutonIn a significant essay entitled “Mourning and Melancholia,” Freud wrote of “the work of mourning,” meaning the psychic process whereby a cherished object is finally laid to rest, as it were buried in the unconscious, and the ego liberated from its grip. Until the work of mourning has been . . . . Continue Reading »
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