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Tag Archives: dying
Social Media Might Reduce Discomfort with Death
NPR host Scott Simon recently attracted considerable attention when he turned what many consider a private event into a public one. As he sat with his mother while she was dying, Simon tweeted about her last days to his 1.3 … Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, Death
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Tagged aging, dying, elderly parents, grief, mourning, older adults, ritual, Scott Simon, social media
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“Wish I’d Had the Courage to Live a Life True to Myself”
Bronnie Ware, a nurse who for years gave palliative care for terminally ill adults, has described the top five regrets that her patients expressed. I wrote earlier about the regrets of older adults, so I was interested in the items on … Continue reading →
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Tagged aging, Brian Mahan, Bronnie Ware, dying, elderly, God, regret, self, vocation
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“I Am Enjoying Dying”
I recently read a eulogy of Gordon Cosby, founder of Washington D.C.’s Church of the Savior, by Jim Wallis. Cosby died Wednesday at age 94. I was struck by something Cosby recently said to Wallis: “I am enjoying dying.” What … Continue reading →
Posted in Death, Spirit
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Tagged aging, Christ, Christianity, Church of the Savior, death, dying, Gordon Cosby, love
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Beyond Halfway 