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Death (30)
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- Embalming vs. Cremation (3)
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God (28)
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- Let’s Make a “Songs About Death” List! (77) After weeks of scouting, my 18 year old sister found a great deal on her first car. Great mileage. Clean inside and out. And she had the […] 1 year ago
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Why 99.9% of Pastors Agree With Rob Bell … (56)
... at funerals.
A couple years ago my dad had this cheesy bumper sticker on the back end of his truck. It said, "Live So the Pastor […]
2 years ago
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Introducing Jeremiah Michael Wilde (38)
On Friday afternoon I was standing at the graveside of an elderly man we had just buried. I was waiting for the vault man to put the lid […]
1 year ago
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I Need Help (30)
I take 40 mg of antidepressants each day. I’ve done so since my last dangerous bout with burnout some five years ago. Life loses its […]
2 months ago
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Learning from Michelle Duggar (30)
Miscarriages cause a silent grief. A nameless grief.
A grief for one who had no connections in life. No schoolmates, no friends, no […]
1 year ago
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Guest Post by Michael Miller: Postmodern Push-back (27)
Mike Miller and I share a lot in common. We’re both licensed and practicing funeral directors in the Commonwealth. We both love Jesus. And […]
2 years ago
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ADOPTION UPDATE: We’ve Been Matched! (27)
From my wife, Nicki:
12 days to Parenthood!!!!
Yes, can you believe it? We got the call from our agency a few weeks ago that a […]
1 year ago
- Lets Make A List: Deaths in Movies (24) Hollywood has picked up on the drama of death. In fact, it seems that roughly 50% of Hollywood's dramas portray some type of death […] 1 year ago
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Some Adoption Portfolio Pics: Which Ones Do You Like the Best? (23)
Our adoption process is under way. The next major step for us is to make a portfolio that will be shown to expecting mothers. The […]
1 year ago
- Why I Have Begun to Subscribe to the Reformed God (23) My friend, and fellow seminarian at Biblical, Mike Landsman, responds to my post "Why I Haven't (Yet) Subscribed to the Reformed […] 1 year ago
- Abortion as an Act of Mercy? (22) I've often spoken about the silent grief of miscarriages. I've spoken about how the mother, and father, will often bear the weight of the […] 1 year ago
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Embalming or Cremation? (22)
As of 2010, roughly 38% of those who died in the United States chose cremation, while the remaining 62% chose a full burial.
By the […]
1 year ago
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Hoping that Rob Bell Will Adopt My Dog on May 21st (21)
Harold Camping has (again) predicted the rapture of us Christians. This time, he thinks -- no, he's absolutely sure -- we'll be raptured […]
2 years ago
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Playing Taps and Doubting God (21)
Today's guest post comes from Jennifer Lee.
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I was a freshman in high school, standing with my head bowed behind the cemetery shed, […]
6 months ago
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Defining Postmoderism and Easing My Mother’s Anger (19)
My mom reads my blog.
I think that's cool.
The other week she told me that she got mad at me when she read in a previous post of mine […]
2 years ago
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K I worked for a while in a place where they just didn't seem to care anymore, and I left around 1 month after. Then I got a chance to work […] 56 minutes ago
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Kelly Boulay This past Wednesday a few minutes after the start of my shift, i noticed a bit of commotion going on..it didnt take long to figure out that […] 17 hours ago
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Shirley Sanservino It takes a strong person to admit they need help. Sometimes it is physical, others emotional, but the mind and body needs a break and is […] 1 day ago
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Caleb Update | A Simple, Village Undertaker [...] Here is the update. [...] 2 days ago
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Death (30)
