Join us on October 22nd and 29th for Perspectives @ 11:30AM!

Join us on October 22nd and 29th at 11:30AM for a two-part series led by Sharon Huey titled, “Befriending Death: Reflecting Well on the End of Our Lives”.

The Amish have a saying: “Dying people are a gift because of the love they bring out in the community.” What a compelling vision! And yet, our mainstream American culture, steeped as it is in hyper-individualism and “positivity”, does not prepare us well for experiences of loss, grief, and death. What would it mean for us, in Henri Nouwen’s words, to “befriend our own deaths”? How might reflecting on our own mortality deepen our sense of what it means to be human—with its limits, vulnerabilities and beautiful complexities—and open us up to God and each other?

In this two-part series, we will consider these questions as well as reflect on the liturgical rituals the Church has been given to prepare us for “a good death”, one which is rooted in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our aim is to invite theology and the liturgical practices of the Church to enlarge our vision about how we live and how we die.