firstubaltimore: “Somewhere around five  on the morning after I’ve been hospitalized I realize I’d better think through not just where my possessions might go but who may need to lead my memorial service.” From “First Morning” While Still There is Light: Writings from a Minister Facing Death In 2011, Nancy Shaffer’s life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with what would be a fatal brain tumor. Here is her heartrending and heartwarming account of her final year as she came to terms with impending death. Part journal, part meditative reflection, and fully honest, Shaffer’s account of her journey through denial to peaceful acceptance will lend inspiration and courage to those in need, and insight to those who give pastoral care.
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firstubaltimore:

“Somewhere around five 

on the morning after I’ve been hospitalized

I realize I’d better think through

not just where my possessions might go

but who may need to lead my memorial service.”

From “First Morning”

While Still There is Light: Writings from a Minister Facing Death

In 2011, Nancy Shaffer’s life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with what would be a fatal brain tumor. Here is her heartrending and heartwarming account of her final year as she came to terms with impending death. Part journal, part meditative reflection, and fully honest, Shaffer’s account of her journey through denial to peaceful acceptance will lend inspiration and courage to those in need, and insight to those who give pastoral care.

We do not think that we need blush if our Church advances in some things. We ought not in every case cry out, ‘We believe, I stand fast in the ranks, here I plant my foot, I will not allow myself to be moved from here ever so little.’
Andrew Wiszowaty, Socinian Minister and nephew of Faustus Socinus, from the preface to the revised Racovian Catechism, 1680, where he affirms the evolutionary nature of religious belief.

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