by David Stippick | Jul 13, 2026 | Opinion
I am a chaplain who works primarily with people near the end of their lives. I have sat in a room with a man whose only visitor was his brother and I have been present with people who died with no one there for them. This occurs for any number of reasons. Healthcare...
by K. Mekhi Jackson | Sep 8, 2025 | Opinion
Long before the forced journey across the Atlantic, African societies held deeply spiritual understandings of death and burial. Among the Akan of West Africa, the concept of abusua pa—“good family”—meant funerals were communal rituals affirming one’s place in the...
