I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. This is an inspirational poem about death that is all about embracing life and is perfect to read for a funeral service.

Death is not an abstraction for Wiman ... it is almost always toward a monotheistic, and Christian, God. The poems in this collection hail the joy people both do and don’t give name to.

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

Though socially reclusive and known for her introspection and focus on deep spiritual themes, Emily Dickinson is one of the ...

The Indian spiritual tradition has long critiqued ... profoundly shaping human lives. Phenomenon of death adds poetry and ...

Oliver won many awards for her poems, which often explore the link between nature and the spiritual world ... as a child and her first brush with death from lung cancer. Ruth Franklin says ...

Death, for the Christian, is overcome by the reality of hope—Heaven. …. This term born again has fascinated people for centuries. It simply means “born from above”—born into the family ...