Discover why fear of death is common and how living with purpose and meaning can help you face the end with peace and ...

We rarely give much thought to our own death until it is upon us. Sigmund Freud said that we are incapable of imagining our own death. Even though we know and can imagine someone else's demise, we are ...

Early in the fifteenth century, an anonymous text on how to face death appeared. Titled Speculum artis bene moriendi (The Mirror of the Art of Dying Well), it counseled readers to remember that dying ...

Is there such a thing as a good death? What might that mean to you? Dying pain-free, without distress or suffering? Dying suddenly in your sleep, or fully aware with enough time to say your goodbyes?

It’s a lovely place to wait for death. The Houston Hospice occupies the Holcombe House, a handsome Tudor Revival structure on the eastern edge of the Texas Medical Center. The house was completed in ...

This is a guest column by Rachel Marie Stone, author of Eat with Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food (InterVarsity Press). My grandmother wanted to die for a long, long time before her death actually ...