Working on The Art of Dying, I was over and over again struck by the fact that Christians used to take their physical bodies really, really seriously. Part of what has made modern dying more difficult than it was in previous generations is that we do not give our due to our physical selves. Instead,… [Read more…]
February 8, 2011
Heaven Is for Real seeks to prove that element of our faith that is farthest from empirical proof.
November 19, 2010
The holiday is a rare opportunity in the religious calendar to reflect on death. By ROB MOLL Note: This article originally appeared Oct. 29, 2010, in The Wall Street Journal. For many churches this week, there won’t be any Styrofoam grave stones, skeletons or spooky signs of death and decay. Instead of morbid celebrations of… [Read more…]
October 28, 2010
The hardest thing about death is not the agony (physical, emotional, spiritual) that it causes, but rather it is to learn to expect God’s goodness from it. Yet, it is the Christian’s hope, that “if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from… [Read more…]
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…]
June 30, 2010
Listen in today as I discuss The Art of Dying with WSOY’s Wayne Kent. His show Direct Line plays in the Decatur, Illinois area. But please listen online at 6:30 Central tonight. I’ll be on right after Sean Hannity. I’m looking forward to talking about the book on Direct Line, which "creates a forum to… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010
The Art of Dying is attracting great attention from readers and media! Thanks to all who braved the heat to come chat at the Glen Ellyn Bookfest last weekend. Your own care giving stories affirm so much of what is in The Art of Dying, and it’s always great to hear how you’ve responded to the book. We’re… [Read more…]
June 21, 2010
I love to hear from readers–especially when they agree with what I’ve written! The following is from a woman who read the Christianity Today excerpt of The Art of Dying. For her, witnessing an elderly person in her congregation and going to her funeral had a profound impact on the younger woman’s life. I’ve attended… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
The Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing introduced me to Eugene Peterson. I heard him speak there, and I’ve been reading his work since. He’s an excellent writer. It’s hard to say more without somehow diminishing him. In Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (Amazon, Google Books, Eerdmans book publishers) Peterson talks about how Jesus… [Read more…]
November 21, 2011
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