Resources: Personal Reflections on Death & Grief

By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

As my father lay dying on Christmas, the wail of a newborn jars me into understanding why I was wrong to feel sorry for myself.

12/13/2000

By Ellen Leventry

11/22/2000 A final holiday of fun with the family

A faith community was there when my kids and I needed it most.

08/15/2000

By Jean Fitzpatrick

A Vietnam Vet reflects on the deaths of men in his platoon--and his responsibility for them.

05/26/00

By Robert Nylen

The impending death of a pet prompts thoughts of human mortality.

05/16/00

By Susan Potter Stewart

A bereaved mother expresses her sorrow and her faith in verse.

04/25/00

By Ann Weems

A bereaved father finds comfort in the parable of the Prodigal Son.

04/04/00

By Richard Wile

02/11/2000

By Bernie Glassman

A young widow shares her family's experience with sudden loss.

01/03/00

By Debbie Jospin

"God doesn't go around this world with his fingers on triggers, his fist around knives, his hands on steering wheels."

12/20/99

By Reverend William Sloane Coffin

With the "wrong language" and the "wrong religion," a rabbi helped grieving families at the site of the Egypt Air crash.

12/20/99

By Andrea Gouze