JESUS MUSINGS
Last month, I read When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who developed stage four lung cancer and documented his dying days in a book. More recently, I was introduced to the story of a dying young girl who has a message for us. Her name is Brooklyn, and like Paul [...]
We don’t think enough about death — that vicious foe who devours our days. We will all experience it, likely sooner than we think. How can we ready ourselves for life’s inevitable end? Perhaps the best preparation for death happens when we die to what C. S. Lewis called our “ambitions and favourite wishes.” It [...]
Here’s a list of articles and blog posts from around the web. Everything listed here was encouraging, helpful, or informative to me during the month of March. I hope it blesses you. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything [...]
Death continues to cast it's shadow during this season. Yesterday, my family attended the odd funeral of my grandmother. I say it was "odd" because of the ongoing affects of the coronavirus pandemic. We had to wear masks and maintain our distance, which made grieving harder. The funeral was once again held at the grave-site. [...]
According to Timothy Keller, death is the great interruption, schism, insult, and enemy. No one can avoid it. Death will claim us all. In his little book called On Death, Keller provides a helpful look at death and the fear associated with it. Furthermore, he explains why Christians should be people who grieve deeply while [...]
This has been the strangest Holy Week of my life. My grandmother passed away on April 5th, my favorite singer-songwriter died from coronavirus on the 7th, and my mother called today to inform me that my other grandmother was put on hospice and will likely not survive the weekend. It seems like I can't escape [...]
Daniel Seabaugh 