to face the word “death”
It may be courage that we need: to face the word “death,” to look upon a real person dying, to confront our own.
:- Doug.
Archive for July 8th, 2013
to do some important compassionate work?
What do we want from this session? To give pieces of information people can put in their closets? Or to awaken people—to injustices in dying in our community—to opportunities for compassion? Or to advertise our organizations? Or to gather people who care to do some important compassionate work? I choose the last of these.
:- Doug.
After paper is shreds & pen is broken
After years of writing
—contracts, letters, Wills, poems—
I find I have been forming myself
working on what remains after
paper is shreds & pen is broken
:- Doug.
A good invitation will take us further than a great lecture
A good invitation will take us further than a great lecture.
:- Doug.
No member of my church has died since the new Pastor came.
No member of my church has died since the new pastor came. Not a single one in 8 years. People only fall asleep. Not just during sermons.
:- Doug.
