When someone dies, most people automatically call a funeral home. However, it has only very recently been this way. The profession of funeral director, along with the related array of goods and services comprising the American funeral industry, emerged in the latter 19th century and flourished over the 20th century. This century, however, a broad … Continue reading Green Burial: Reclaiming Our Dead and Their Death
October 30th is the day before Halloween, an observance going back to the celebration of Samhain when it was believed that “the veil is thinnest” between this world and whatever comes next. This Sunday and next will be a two-part series, reflecting first on the questions and issues we face at the end of our … Continue reading What the Dying Want to Know
In the television program “The Good Place,” Eleanor Shellstrop dies and ends up in The Good Place. The problem is that the life that landed her there was lived by someone else. While this is the situation that drives this modern comedy, the show “The Good Place” raises eternal questions beyond the humor and drama … Continue reading Everything is Fine! Reflections on “The Good Place”
