by Sandy | May 7, 2020 | Death
A few weeks ago, I was asked to join the Global Covid-19 Relief Coalition. My subgroup was tasked with exploring all aspects of death, grief, and virtual funerals. Our white paper has just been released and reflects the input of nearly 100 specialists who work with...
by Sandy | Apr 25, 2020 | Death
Many friends who have children home are desperately trying to follow their school’s curriculum during lockdown, for fear of them missing out on the education they would have received at school. I absolutely salute them for trying to do this, but it must be hard....
by Sandy | Feb 24, 2020 | Death
When I was studying, I read excerpts of a book by Ernest Becker called The Denial of Death. The book, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974, focuses on how humans develop strategies to ignore any awareness of their mortality and vulnerability so that they can keep up a...
by Sandy | Feb 18, 2020 | Death
The question ‘who is your next of kin’ came up for me recently when a family member was in hospital. When you are in a hospital in the emergency department or admitted to a ward this question is always asked, so that they have contact details of a close...
by Sandy | Nov 17, 2019 | Death
©Reel World Theology I was pleased to find this blog post, as during 2019 a new business near my home has opened and it is called Seventh Seal. The Dance: Ingmar Bergman’s Fear of Death in THE SEVENTH SEAL. I researched the name of the business and dsicovered...
by Sandy | Sep 29, 2019 | Death
This is a 14th century church that was damaged during the reformation, when the interior of the building was whitewashed, as it was thought to appear too Catholic. I was exploring this wonderful gothic church in Sweden when I realised that I was surrounded by prolific...
