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Is Immortality All It Is Cracked Up to Be?

To an atheist, death is the end of oneself. The thought of losing yourself, even if you no longer know you have been lost after it happens, is … [Read more...]

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

This is a very thought-provoking book for young adults especially, but I found myself thinking about it long after I put it down. What would it be … [Read more...]

Consolations of Mortality by Andrew Stark

This book purports to quell your fear of death and extinction by reminding you what a wonderful thing mortality is and how awful it would be to live … [Read more...]

Revelation by John

This is the book that tells you how it all ends. It's full of visions of wonder and awe. But it meets our deepest need for justice and for hope.  Why … [Read more...]

The Most Hopeful Words Jesus Spoke

Everything passes away. Every toy I received eventually broke from use or misuse. Every gadget I have purchased has become obsolete. An old newspaper … [Read more...]

Staring into the Bright Abyss

Christian Wiman, like most thirty-nine year olds, assumed he had many years of life ahead of him. But less than a year after getting married, he … [Read more...]

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What is a Poor Potsherd?

A potsherd, of course, is a piece of broken pottery and is used as a simile in the Bible.
It is also found in this hopeful poem by G. M. Hopkins.
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Link to That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection

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