this christmas

December 31, 2008 in new normals

Like second albums and last goodbyes, it’s the first Christmas after the death of a loved one that is supposed to be the hardest. It’s kind of obvious, I suppose. But it’s not my experience so far. With the tree still up and the recycling bin still ridiculously overfed on paper and plastic, I’m not [...]

another me

December 18, 2008 in getting over myself

I don’t know whether it started with death or not, but there’s every chance that it did. Somewhere this year I started thinking about the future, the past and just about everything else in between. This book outlined the science of beating death, and somewhere among the pages there’s a point he makes that [...]

faith and healing

December 4, 2008 in grieving

Mark 5:21-43
A Good Story
What should we be making of this? Surely a good story, with effective elements included: suspense, dramatic tension as we are yanked from Jairus, made aware of the crush around Jesus preventing him from moving on to heal the innocent 12 year old girl. We might even share the sense of possible [...]