After Life

Missing My Mother

Denise Vivaldo | Posted 05.10.2012

Denise Vivaldo

It took years after my mother's death before I could dream about her.

Explaining The Loss Of A Pet To A Child

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.17.2011

Kristen Houghton

Dealing with the passing of a well-loved pet is usually a small child's first experience with death. It is a harsh reality because it is permanent and children can't fathom permanent.

Where Do I Go from Here? From Mourning to Conversations with Kenny

Carol Jones | Posted 11.17.2011

Carol Jones

Since Kenny's death, it's taken weeks of self-reflection, giving in to the never-ending tears, and beginning somatic therapy to write even the first sentence here.

CFQ Post-Mortem: Predators Redux & Tons o' Exorcisms

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

After casting the devil out of The Last Exorcism, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski exercise their analytic on other possession movie...

Heaven: Does Lisa Miller's Book Make The Concept Any Less Trite?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi David Wolpe

In imagining this world, who would have guessed mountains and eyes and tuna fish and tables and fossils and crockpots and libraries and clouds? The task of envisioning a radically different world is doomed before it begins. Heaven is, quite literally, unimaginable.

What Happens When We Die?

Time | M.J. Stephey | Posted 11.17.2011

A fellow at New York's Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Sam Parnia is one of the world's leading experts on the scientific study of death. Last week,...