tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657772.post531937034814982822..comments2023-07-25T10:52:13.925-05:00Comments on Because I said so: Distancing Ourselves From DeathChris Meirosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05717903860701408008noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657772.post-19393989605564846522008-02-21T09:25:00.000-06:002008-02-21T09:25:00.000-06:00Glad to hear you found work, Chris. I don't know m...Glad to hear you found work, Chris. I don't know much at all about Congregational churches, but I pray you will preach the Gospel faithfully and boldly to them.<BR/><BR/>You're on-target about the pathological avoidance of death in our culture. Are you aware, for example, of the origins of the word, "living room." As I recall, the term was coined in 1912 by the editor of a women's magazine who wanted to ban the term "parlor" from his magazine. The parlor was, of course, the room where dead bodies were placed for a funeral wake. The term caught on and has pretty much supplanted the word parlor (now used almost exclusively for funeral buildings). This modern death-denial, by the way, has pretty much tracked the popular loss of faith in what awaits us after death. Whether they are theologically right or wrong, a society that tries to deny death is a very unwell society.<BR/><BR/>On the bright side (so to speak), death shatters the illusion so that non- and nominal-Christians are forced to face up to death. There may be no more opportune time for Christians (including, especially, vocational ministers) to talk about what matters most than at funeral times. In the face of death, family members may actually stop talking about sports, politics, cars, clothes, and money long enough to actually face up to their desperate need for a Savior. <BR/><BR/>Peace.Milton Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235705641913811166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657772.post-31482672844792053362008-02-20T11:39:00.000-06:002008-02-20T11:39:00.000-06:00when i was in college, the head of the sociology d...when i was in college, the head of the sociology department hired me as his TA. he knew i wanted to go into Christian Counseling, and he taught the Death and Dying Course. i didn't do anything as his TA but sit through two years of that course. 4 repetitive semesters.<BR/><BR/>but it took the edge off of all-things-morbid... now,i'm glad i sat through those classes.<BR/><BR/>i think you have a point - we don't know how to deal with death - the inevitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com