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Four years after my mother died, we still haven’t scattered her ashes
They’re in a plastic bag in my closet.
by Heidi Haverkamp
I keep a 36-inch utility shovel in my church office. I use it to dig the graves that hold the cremains of our congregation's saints.
by Peter W. Marty
On Ash Wednesday, as we remember our sins and ask to be forgiven, let's also remember what we love and ask to love it more.
by Stephanie Paulsell
To say "earth to earth" is a good thing, we have to believe it's really going to happen.
by Richard Lischer
We don’t know which experiences specify our humanity. But the Abrahamic faiths agree that we are made of dust and ashes, a bit of clay or a mere clot.
by Carol Zaleski