life and death Living Long in the Land September 29, 2021 Despite declines in 2020, life expectancies remain double what they used to be--something we should celebrate and seek to sustain.
sickness Visiting the Sick January 14, 2021 I recently spoke at Seminary Women on visiting the sick and hospitalized. It comes at a tragically unique time in history when our ability to visit is greatly diminished.
COVID-19 Birthing Life and Hope Amid Fear March 31, 2020 When death is all around us—and our own powers have so far failed us—Christians know that God is a God who brings life out of death. That is our hope.
Death Domesticating Death November 19, 2019 Last month, death unwelcomely inserted itself into my family's life. Death has a way of doing that. It barges right in, uninvited, disrupting life. It rudely divides families, and leaves those who remain behind mourning, sorrowful, and diminished...
faith A Matter of Inches January 28, 2016 Last spring I was working at home when I received a call from a number that I did not recognize. I let it go to voice mail. The same number called again so