Oct 16, 2024 | Wednesday Quotes
How we bury our dead is a crucial part of life. We have gotten away from the wise practices of our ancestors. If how they did burial was largely out of necessity, we might still discover just how important those practices are—how much we really need them today. And we...
Jul 26, 2023 | Wednesday Quotes
How we remember the dead is significant in how we live. Good ‘remembering’ in general is part of how we live in the present. This is very human, for to be in time is to be on the boundary of the eternal, where past, present and future are as one. The Byzantine...
Oct 7, 2013 | Articles, Front Porch Republic, Front Porch Republic, Good Work
In mid-September of this year my father passed away after a several year decline with dementia. With the help and support of family and friends we were able to give him a very special burial—in that we buried him ourselves: opening the earth, setting him in it, and...
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