|
Burial Rites
and Cremation
by
Edward A. Sövik
What do we designate a service in which the bodily
remains are cremated prior to the funeral?
Committing the
Non-Committed
by Charles Austin
Funerals for non-members and their families who have
little spiritual formation can be a frustrating
experience. Can we find ways to enhance our funeral
ministries with these persons who are outside our
communities of faith?
End-of-Life Decisions and the Science-Theology Dialogue
by Janice Peterson and Carol Peterson
Advances in medical technology both
improve and complicate our lines. Using the Terri Schiavo case, the
authors reflect on the new choices twenty-first-century Christians
must make and how Luther's theology of the cross is valuable in such
decision making.
End-of-Life Decision Guidelines: The
Cross, Technology, and the Terri Schiavo Case
by Janice L. Peterson and
Carl Peterson
Technological advances in the medical
field have saved and extended the lives of many. They also have brought new
dilemmas. What about end-of-life decisions that involve the choice of
continuing or discontinuing life support? Where do Christians find help,
comfort, and guidance?
Let's Talk About
Death
by
George
Keck
Church and
society need to face the reality of human mortality with
less ambiguity.
"Real" about
Funerals
by Steven L. McKinley
The summer after my first year of seminary, my
synod president (which is what we called those people we now call “bishops” back
in the Bronze Age) entrusted me with a congregation of my very own for three
months. He must have had something against that congregation. It was a small
congregation in a small town and deserved better than me. Somehow we got through
it, and I am grateful to the saints in that congregation for being patient with
me.
Under the
Valley's Shadow
by
Charles W. Dickson
For new ministers and
others, this overview of the stages of dying can help you bring some
understanding, care, and dignity to those with terminal illnesses.
|
