Understanding the Modern Christian Funeral

If you were asked to attend a Christian funeral, what can you expect? Without going into the history of Christianity, a few notes about Christian funerals can provide basics for those who are not Christians. Even if you are Christian, you may be a Catholic and the deceased may have been a Baptist. You may realize, in this latter case, that the Christian burial for the deceased may be a new experience for you.

Filed under: Cemeteries, Funeral Arrangements, Funeral Basics, Funeral Hymns, Funeral Prayers, Funeral Songs, Graveyard Etiquette on August 30th, 2009 | No Comments »

Religion, Death and Dying

The Los Angeles Times recently ran an article that talked about how religious belief drives some patients to fight for life, while others suffer more at the end of life because of their religion . The main character in this article is Holly Prigerson, director of the Center for Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care Research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the study’s senior author. The entire article is summed up in the final paragraph from that piece:

Filed under: Death & Dying on March 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »