Martin Spinelli, bestselling author of After the Crash, shares 7 bits of wisdom for celebrating Mother’s Day and living every other day after Mom has passed on
A Surprising Job Offer from Mother Teresa
May 3, 2013 By 1 Comment
Snake Bloomstrand relates how Mother Teresa opened the eyes and heart of Father Bennie.
Paying it Forward in Love and Death
April 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jason Greene finds that simply being there may be the best consolation
Daddy, I Miss Her
March 26, 2013 By 1 Comment
Writer Jason Fisk tries to explain to his daughter what he doesn’t understand about God and death
Building My Father’s Coffin
December 21, 2012 By 7 Comments
John Manchester was dreading the fulfillment of his father’s last wish: that his children build him a coffin. In the end, he discovered that working alongside his son and other family members was the perfect therapy.
4 Tragic Things Christians Say After Tragedies
July 28, 2012 By 16 Comments
Sometimes comforting yourself with your faith doesn’t help anyone else.
Two Fathers, No Mother: Crossing the Big Black Line
April 3, 2012 By 3 Comments
William Lucas Walker’s journey from “gay cliché” boyhood to married fatherhood, via love and loss.
This Weekend’s Missing Links
December 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
These links weren’t actually missing. You might have missed reading them—or maybe you just missed us over the weekend. Whatever the case, here’s a roundup of our favorite posts from the week:
Good Comment(s) of the Day: Gifts for the Dying
December 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
Readers weigh in—what’s the best Christmas gift for a loved one who’s dying?
Grieving in the Facebook Age
October 28, 2010 By 30 Comments
What does it mean to be memorialized as a good—not great, not awful—man? And can we let go of loved ones when they’re still online?
“My friend and cousin died. Their Facebook pages go on; they are living tributes.”
This is a comment by Joanna on the post “Facebook Ghosts”.