Spare me…   The pink light The bald deception The semblance of life The undertaker’s brush   Close the box Scatter the ash Throw the earth Say the words   Ashes to ashes Dust to dust In sure and certain hope   Requiescant in pace, David Mark Schmidt, M.D. October [...]

I was invited to contribute to a feature at Patheos.com called  “What do I really believe…”  The subject in this first feature is the question, “What do I really believe happens when we die?” It isn’t a trivial question, nor is it purely academic.  The way any story ends decisively shapes what we make of [...]