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Good Gracious, What a Review!
February 3, 2011
I’ve been continually impressed by the reviews of The Art of Dying. But this one, from Hearts and Minds Bookstore, blew me away. I’d like to quote it in full, then encourage readers to read the rest of their best books of the year and then patronize the store.
Q&A: Relearning the Art of Dying Well
November 18, 2010
Note: This interview took place with the United Methodist Reporter. Rob Moll, an award-winning journalist and editor-at-large withChristianity Today, has written extensively on health-care issues and has served as a hospice volunteer. He is convinced that Christians have forgotten their tradition of “dying well.” Mr. Moll talked about his new book The Art of Dying: Living… [Read more…]
The Art of Dying on TV!
November 8, 2010
A few weeks ago, I traveled down to South Carolina to appear on a television program (where U.S. Senator Jim DeMint was a previous guest) and talk about The Art of Dying. I had a great time, and I’m hoping a number of people are able to better understand how to approach the end of… [Read more…]
An Incredibly Useful and Interesting Read
August 28, 2010
The Englewood Review of Books has just published a review of The Art of Dying. Jasmine Wilson writes: I once had a philosophy professor who started her Aquinas class on the virtues and vices by having her students write their own eulogy. Her purpose in this exercise is both to introduce students to thinking critically… [Read more…]
A Good Samaritan Hope
August 16, 2010
Evangelicalism, even more than other strands of the Christian faith, will find its future tightly bound to the future of American culture. Over the past thirty years, evangelicals have risen up and splintered apart with the Baby Boomers. Led by this cohort, we have warred over worship styles. We have fled the denominations, beginning with… [Read more…]
Book Review: The Baptist Bulletin
August 13, 2010
The Baptist Bulletin–where my wife has actually published(!)–just published a review of The Art of Dying. I have to say that I’m flattered by another, quite positive, examination of the book. The reviewer says:
Books & Culture Podcast
July 26, 2010
The good folks at Books & Culture devoted their Monday podcast to a discussion of The Art of Dying. Listen here as John Wilson and Stan Guthrie talk about the “understated tone” of the book and its summons to virtue. It’s a book, John says, that all Books & Culture readers should pick up.
Art of Dying Excerpt
July 14, 2010
Prism magazine has run a terrific excerpt from The Art of Dying. It gives a sens of the whole book, rather than simply a portion of a chapter. I hope you’ll read it and explore Prism as well. The excerpt begins: Our culture simply doesn’t know what to think about death. Through medicine and science… [Read more…]
Out of the Mouths of Babes
July 13, 2010
My wife’s grandmother recently passed away. In a conversation today about the upcoming funeral, our 5 year old daughter highlighted one of the beautiful aspects of Christian dying, in an exchange something like this.
March 31, 2011
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