Art of Dying, The (Expanded Edition) BOOKS > Christian Life > Women's Interests of wholeness emerging from brokenness

of wholeness emerging from brokenness

and solitude

in a church or temple

and even the alphabet can be hard to recall

Art of Dying, The (Expanded Edition) BOOKS > Christian Life > Women's Interests of wholeness emerging from brokennessDeath will come to us all, but most of us live our lives as if death did not exist. Medicine has made dying more complicated and more removed from the experience of most people. Death is partitioned off to hospital rooms, separated from our daily lives. Most of us find ourselves at a loss when death approaches. We don't know how to die well. For centuries Christians have prepared for the "good death" with particular rituals and spiritual disciplines