Hope Does Not Disappoint

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  March 13, 2025

A few weeks ago, fellow blogger, John Gantt, wrote these words connecting the “four Cs” of this season’s theme.

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Learning Life Lessons at the Knees of the Dying

By Rev. Beth Rodenhouse  •  November 01, 2018

This blog is the second in a series of reflections from the 3rd annual Symposium with Dr. Ira Byock on October 12, 2018, Abundant Aging Through the End of Life.

Compassionately Embracing Abundant Life

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  October 25, 2018

Today's blog is the first of several in a series of reflections on the 2018 Annual Symposium of the Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging. Dr. Ira Byock was the..

Coco, Death and Memory

By Guest Blogger  •  October 18, 2018

Disney/Pixar released Coco in theaters in 2017. While the vibrant colors and vivid images on the screen and beautiful and typical of Disney/Pixar works, the film’s..

Say What? Palliative Care and Hospice

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging  •  October 11, 2018

Over the past several weeks, we have shared observations around palliative care. This topic is in anticipation for the Symposium of the Ruth Frost Parker Center for..

Good Death

By Rev. Beth Rodenhouse  •  October 04, 2018

Good death. Isn’t that an oxymoron? Can death ever be good? When I asked a fellow pastor, he said, “Absolutely not. Death is the opposite of life; it’s an enemy.” That’s..

Loving Life, Loving Funerals: The Faithfulness of Dying Well

By Rev. Jared Ruari  •  September 27, 2018

The Strangeness of Loving Funerals A friend of mine who serves as a church musician attended a memorial service recently and following the event, offered reflections..

National author and palliative care expert to headline Ohio healthcare symposium

By Guest Blogger  •  September 25, 2018

MARION, Ohio – September 25, 2018. More baby boomers are making plans to ensure quality of life in their golden years. That includes making choices about how they wish..

The Value of Palliative Care

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  September 20, 2018

Aging takes courage and challenges individuals to identify their own values, define priorities and discern the best path through life from a body, mind and spiritual..

An Engaged Way of Life

By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  September 13, 2018

I recently attended an event at The Ohio State University at Marion that focused on The Presidency and the Press. Because Marion is the late president Warren G...