One Foot in the Air

Even in the best of health we should have death always before our eyes [so that] we will not expect to remain on this earth forever, but will have one ...

Preaching for Life

Still thinking I had but little time to live,

My fervent heart to win men's souls did strive;

I preached, as never sure to preach again,

And as a dying ...

He's My Shepherd

For more than fifty years, my father was a pastor and conducted numerous funerals. I particularly remember the tragic death and funeral of my best friend's ...

The End Colors Everything

It was a hot day--Tuesday, July 20, 1993, in Washington, D.C.--as Vincent Foster sat in the Rose Garden. That morning he watched as President Clinton ...

Facing the Inevitable

Die early or grow old; there is no other alternative. And yet, as Goethe said, "Age takes hold of us by surprise."

Death Is Not the Enemy

Let me underscore ... an idea that human minds grasp while human hearts resist: "Death is not the enemy." Just think: if people didn't move ...

Fatal Disease

As when medical men examine an illness, and ascertain that it is fatal, they make this pronouncement, "He will die, he will not get over this," ...

Grave Talk: No Glib Comments

When people started fearing death in earnest, they stopped talking about it.

Heedless Knowledge

Man always knows his life will shortly cease,

Yet madly lives as if he knew it not.

Death Makes Things Matter More

In the movie Casualties of War, Michael J. Fox plays Private Erikson, a soldier in Vietnam who is part of a squad that abducts and rapes a young Vietnamese ...