Death and Dying Articles

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Tom Sample @ Friday, 7th July 2006 @ 1:34 AM

It's something no one wants to think about, but unfortunately, death is one of the most assured facts of life. There's no way to avoid its eventuality forever, but there are ways to plan for its occurrence and help those who will remain behind deal with the circumstance with dignity and grace. For many, the best way to help their families after they're gone is to ensure burial plans are in place. And, more and more, people are turning to cremation. The choice between crema... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Jan Hayner @ Wednesday, 28th June 2006 @ 3:44 AM

Now is a time get home paper records together and organized to create an organized inventory or everything that is owned by a family or single person, all of their investments, all serial numbers, account numbers and the list goes on. Whether they are the person setting out on their own, newly weds, middle age or senior citizens, a disaster can effect all of them in the same way. It is having all of the information that an insurance agent needs to file that claim that can make an agent’s ... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Diana Burg @ Thursday, 25th May 2006 @ 8:37 PM

It is both a wonderful and terrible aspect of God’s love that when we lose someone we love, the deep pain we feel can draw us closer to God, the author of life and death. As Christians all our relationships are a triangle, with one another and God at the head. Our deepest selves are connected to one another and to God because it is in him we live and love and have our true being. For in him (God) we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are ... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Sharon Young @ Thursday, 25th May 2006 @ 8:35 PM

Everyone is familiar with feelings of grief. These feelings range from mild, momentary unhappiness to feelings of intense and acute emotional suffering that take a long time to heal. These feelings can be caused by disappointment, discouragement, frustration, trouble, difficulty, a sense of futility, deep regret or some specific loss, disaster, misfortune, accident, or mishap. Grief is characterized by symptoms such as low spirits, feelings of unhappiness, discouragement, anger, broodin... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Ann Van Dyke @ Tuesday, 16th May 2006 @ 1:06 AM

Three things will last forever —faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love (1st Cor. 13:13 NLT) “Happy Valentine’s Day, Baby” I sang as I entered the house carrying a balloon tied to a box of candy. My husband grinned up at me from his hospital bed. I placed the box of candy and the balloon on the bed table. Then I tapped the balloon. A tinny rendition of You’re the One began to play. “You’re the one who makes me sing and shout, you’re the one I dream about. We’re still hav... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Ann Van Dyke @ Friday, 12th May 2006 @ 3:12 AM

Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. (Hebrews 10:36 NLT) I sit on the edge of my husband’s hospital bed, holding his hand and stroking his face. The room is lit only by the soft glow of the streetlights filtering through the bay window. I am silent, drinking in. the love that we have shared over a lifetime of living together. It is a mystery — how in the midst of his dying I can feel our shar... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Jaci Rae @ Monday, 10th April 2006 @ 11:15 PM

51 Billion Dollars and rising! Sounds like a company a wise investor should invest in. After all, having a piece of a 51 billion dollar industry is an exciting prospect, filled with anticipation for the future right? Not this time. This industry takes away any hope for the future. Any promise of potential greatness is dashed to the ground, becoming ashes and dust when people continue to invest in this business. Warnings have been issued over the years advising people to avoid invest... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By Richard Helfant @ Sunday, 5th February 2006 @ 5:48 PM

Death is the greatest of our fears. Most of us believe it to be a cruel, catastrophic finality-the end of all we know, of all we are. Yet, Albert Einstein said, “When gazing into the profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, life and death flow into one another. There is neither evolution nor eternity, only Being.” Many years ago, one of my patients offered me a glimpse into the unknowable. By entering a realm between life and death, he discovered that the point of passing can be a moment ... more...

Culture and Society » Death and Dying | By frank vanderlugt @

When we talk about life extension we don't talk about keeping people alive through artificial means, we actually mean extending the normal, natural life of Man. Definition: Life is a multi-faceted concept. Life may refer to the ongoing process of which living things are a part; the period between the birth (or a point at which the entity can be considered to be living) and death of an organism; the condition of an entity that has been born (or reached the point in its exis... more...