Death

Thanksgiving and the Paradox of Death

Death is a blessing because death is that “passover” at which we can offer back to God the life God had given us as a gift. Continue Reading »

25 Nov 2020

Fierce Hope

by Peter J. Leithart

Abraham’s hope and Job’s despair grow from the same soil; they are alternative stances toward death. Continue Reading »

9 Oct 2020

At first, I didn’t notice the sirens. As a medical doctor, I’d grown used to electronic distress calls. Besides, I live in New York City. Ambulance whines and taxi horns are the treble and tenor lines of urban music. My eight-year-old pointed them out. “Coronavirus,” she said, as an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2020

The Final Enemy

by Carl R. Trueman

Human mortality has always fascinated the greatest creative minds—from Homer declaiming on the slayings of Patroclus and Hector, to Sigmund Freud speculating on death drives. Roger Scruton even locates the significance of artistic endeavor in the fact that we understand our existence to be . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020

Where Two or Three Are Gathered

by James A. Hamel

Social distancing rules have complicated the Rites of Christian Burial and the customary human interactions that accompany the death of a loved one. Continue Reading »

11 May 2020

Learning How to Die

by David Randall

Today’s college students no longer know what it means to live or die well. Continue Reading »

5 May 2020

Thumbing an Issue of Forbes

by J. L. Wall

In the obits, ballplayers still finish first,their August exploits no one quite remembersrestored to life: the diving stop unrehearsedamid the routine plays of life’s surrender. But beneath our unnamed pastoral hero,I’ll find her, too, Ms. Forbes-Under-Thirtywho built a company up from zero,ran . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2020