Discovering Sabbath In My Mother’s Hospice Room
My mother was a staunch observer of sabbath. It took her death for me to appreciate why. Read my latest for The Christian Century.
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The First Year After Mom’s Death: How These Rituals Helped Me Navigate Grief and Loss
My mother died one year ago today. I still remember our first evening without her in the world. Fred, Ron, and I rode through downtown Raleigh with the windows down, and I thought: She’ll never hear the sounds of August again—the cicadas’ song that tell us …
When Loved Ones Die (Part I)
Death of a Parent No matter how old we are, the first morning we wake up after the death of a parent is one of life’s most disconcerting experiences. Most of us have existed in world with our parents in it, and we’ve never known …