I taught my first history class at Missouri University in Columbia when I was barely 21. But after just one day in a classroom of bricks and tile and no windows at all, I knew that to teach history ...

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Facing the inevitability of death—while not a preferred pastime for many of us—is known as ontological confrontation. It can happen in an instant, like in the unfortunate event of a dire health ...

The end of the world is when we die but the end of the world is not the end of us. John 18:37-38: “So Pilate said to him, ‘Then you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say I am a king. For this I was ...

SIONY, 72, suffered from Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) post-vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic. GBS is an ascending paralysis that could be fatal if it reaches the respiratory muscles. She was ...

We don’t think about death enough. How’s that for an opening sentence? Talk about an invitation to scroll down. Or up. Or anywhere else to avoid reading, and thinking, about death. But here’s my ...

How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...

Mark Twain, celebrated for "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn," is widely credited with a quote linking the fear of death to ...

Reincarnation is a core belief of the Hindu faith. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains that changing one’s body is like changing one’s clothes. I accept that possibility as I accept the idea of a ...