Death is a regular part of my job, which makes small talk weird for me at parties.

When we become fully aware of our limited time on earth we can still leave behind flowers and songs.

How much notice would I want ahead of time before I die?

My vet said, “She's telling you thank you for letting her go.”

Dying is scary, but we are brave, and we can talk about it together.

We scatter these remains to the earth returning creation unto itself.

Out of mystery we are born, and mystery receives us when we die.

There was an audible gasp when they heard he* was gone A whoosh of air that sounded exactly like the bottom falling out of his mother’s** world the winds of mortality brushing his father’s** face the last breath of a kind soul All the years of struggle have settled into silence: Unsought,...

Sleep will come upon our eyelids and they will not ever be lifted again.

May we know that the infinite web of life and love holds us all and holds all the stories.

We collectively share the sorrow of those individuals in the armed services who lost their lives in war.

The words we cast to fill the silence left by one we loved never are enough.

Memorial Day is not to be celebrated. It is to be observed, scrutinized, and witnessed on behalf of the true witnesses of our human failure to love our neighbor as ourselves.

A triumph of love over death is the core of the Easter message.

I am afraid and exhausted from the constant fear. I don’t know who to trust for information about the virus.

Impermanence, mortality, ashes, dust: this is the truth of being human.

The wilderness alongside every moment, sprawling in each direction, holds more than the silence that theologians imagine of God.

Spirit of Life, Spirit of Love, we come today carrying our grief, our memories, and our love. We gather around screens and devices, reaching out with our minds and hearts to join in this most ancient of human customs: honoring one whom we loved who has died....

Before I birthed my baby, he was a possibility, a kick against my insides. With that first cry, first breath, he became a person in the world.

As my body begins to loose its hold On this life, this earth, this entirety, May I lay my past to rest And face the unknowable With courage and curiosity. May those to whom I am connected gather. May they recall me as I am and have been....