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Ethics and Religion Talk: What Do You Think of Hospice?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 04-08-2019 under OPINION
I received a question recently by email. Upon thanking the sender, I received an auto-response that the owner of the email had died … five years ago! I wish the story had ended here, mystery unsolved, so I could imagine that this column has...
Ethics and Religion Talk - Afraid of Death
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 04-01-2019 under OPINION
A question submitted to an interfaith panel on approaches to hospice care: If we believe in heaven, why are we so afraid of dying? The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Is There a Stigma about Dying?, part 2
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 03-11-2019 under OPINION
Two weeks ago, I shared the Christian responses. This week, I’m sharing the Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, and Unitarian responses. The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Is There a Stigma about Dying?, part 1
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 02-25-2019 under OPINION
This week, I’ll share the Christian responses. Father Michael Nasser, who writes from an Eastern Christian perspective and is Pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Christian Church, responds: “Orthodox Christians do not believe that God...
Grand Rapids Threshold Choir works to bring comfort to dying with song
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-09-2015 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Threshold Choir is a local chapter of an international network of a cappella choirs whose singers serve to bring ease and comfort to those at the thresholds of living and dying. The Grand Rapids choir was started by Linda...
Something for everyone at Dominican Center in July
by (DominicanCenter...)
Submitted 06-24-2014 under NONPROFITS
PARABLES ON FIRE: WHY JESUS TAUGHT ALMOST ENTIRELY USING PARABLES 086-100 Presenter: Joachim Lally, CSP, Paulist Priest, Artist, Musician Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, July 8; 7:00-9:00 p.m.Mark 4:34 states that Jesus in his public ministry only...