Death Cleaning
The Swedish term "döstädning" means 'death cleaning'. Before you prepare the swabs and disinfectant, it is more about the graceful art of decluttering the house...before someone else needs to do it. Death Cleaning is proposed for all those 65 years and above. but why not start earlier? This isn't a long weekend but a guided time of going through each room and discerning
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Hope when facing death
The death of George Alagiah, the BBC newsreader and journalist, made front page headlines, whilst also receiving emotional coverage across the main media broadcasts. But in the words from this celebrity, we also heard such hope when facing death.

“My life, for what it is worth, is divided into pre-cancer and post-cancer. The weird thing about a bowel cancer journey is y
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What does a ‘good death’ mean for a church?
We might possibly engage in a discussion about what is a good death for an individual, but a church?

In Paula Gooder's book called 'Heaven', she explains that in the Hebrew tradition a good death is about 'living and living well'. Looking at Job 5:26 and Ecclesiastes 3:2 she discerns three major elements:
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A ‘Good Death’?
Oddly, the word that comes to mind is Euthanasia. The word originates from the Greek "eu-thanatos", good death. It started out with an essay written in 1870 by a Samuel Williams in which he suggested that

"in all cases of hopeless and painful illness, the medical attendant was to administer chloroform to destroy consciousness and p
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How is will doing?
When at the Death Cafe, we might wonder about whether cremation or burial is the 'way to go', but the legal stuff also might make us worried. So what's the difference between a Power of Attorney and a Will?

In Scottish law, there is a principle that no one has the legal authority to make decisions for another person overt the age of 16 unless you have. a Power Attorney (Adults with
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