The Art of Dying

August 2017

Understanding Death through Life

Our introduction to the August issue on The Art of Dying and the Afterlife.
Features

Unaccompanied

If the dark conceals all possibilities, then the light wakes us. Boyce Upholt
Features

A Quaker’s Passing: My Father’s Way

The answers would only come from being present in the light. Shannon Zimmerman
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Heaven-based Living

A brief glimpse of eternity inspires a search for understanding. Michael Resman
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A Simple State of Being That Never Truly Dies

Moving toward death is its own kind of expectant worship. Robert Stephen Dicken
Features

Children and Death

Bringing Quaker spirituality to the bedside of those dying. John Graham-Pole
Features

Weeping to Joy

God heals in unexpected ways. Betsy Blake
Online Features

Death and Dying: A Personal Adventure

Death Cafés give people a place to share stories, confide their fears, and ask questions. Alison Moore
Online Features

Beauty; Beauty Everywhere

The sound of machines, monitors, and people in the hallway evaporated; it felt like being in meeting for worship when… Geoff Knowlton
Online Features

Integrity and the Ultimate

How can we talk about death when we’re so vibrantly alive? Susann Estle
Online Features

A Quaker Approach to Living with Dying

Does the Quaker way of life have answers to death? Katherine Jaramillo
Poetry

Measuring Joy

Poetry: "My grandmother put a little sugar in everything she cooked." Michael S. Glaser
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