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\nI\u2019ve been thinking about Death.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that I\u2019m morose or depressed<\/strong> or anxious to get on with the business of sliding into the next life. \u00a0There have, though, been\u00a0a couple of\u00a0articles in the news recently that have brought awareness of Death front and center:<\/p>\n

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First, there\u2019s the trending story about the broadcaster<\/strong> who announced, during\u00a0his regular newscast, that his brain cancer has taken a turn for the worse\u2013and that he has only four\u00a0to six months to live.<\/li>\n
And then, here in Michigan, there\u2019s a funeral home<\/strong> which has just unveiled their spiffy new, $300,000 drive-up window, which enables\u00a0mourners to pay their respects without ever getting out of their cars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There is a sense in which the two stories share a perspective on Death:<\/strong> \u00a0Both seem to downplay\u00a0its importance, pausing only briefly to ponder its irreversibility, then forgetting amid the day-to-day busyness of life.<\/p>\n
In another way, though, the two reports are polar opposites:<\/strong> \u00a0one, a story of calm acceptance and faith in the face of one\u2019s mortality; the other, avoidance and flight.<\/p>\n
* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/p>\n
In the first story Dave Benton, a news anchor<\/strong> at WCIA-TV in Champlaign, Illinois, grabbed headlines this week with a brutally honest announcement. \u00a0He calmly told\u00a0his viewing audience that his cancer had returned, and doctors predicted he had only a few months to live.<\/p>\n
Benton said:<\/p>\n
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\u201cAs you know, I told you a few days ago that my brain cancer was\u00a0back. But I have learned in the last few days, as I have seen doctors several times, I\u2019m learning more about what my future holds. Basically, my cancer is back and it\u2019s too big for surgery and radiation. Doctors have told me that I may have four to six months to live.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nBenton, a born-again Christian and a married father of two, was calm<\/strong> as he explained to his co-anchor and his viewers that his future with the station would be short. \u00a0He does intend to pursue an experimental treatment, in the hope that it will give him a few more days. \u00a0He plans to live his last days to the fullest.<\/p>\n
What is apparent, though, is that Benton is at peace<\/strong> with the prognosis, and faces his last days with courage. \u00a0\u201cI believe that I am in God\u2019s hands,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> he said, \u201cand I know that he\u2019s going to take care of the days ahead.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
It\u2019s not that Death is unimportant.<\/strong> \u00a0Denton knows that it is the moment for which he was born\u2013the moment he departs this temporary home, along the road toward residency with the God Who made him. \u00a0 But for Denton and other faithful Christians, Death is not to be feared.<\/p>\n
* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/p>\n
But in the second story, the Paradise Funeral Chapel<\/a><\/strong> in Saginaw, Michigan, has trivialized Death by installing\u00a0a\u00a0consumerist, drive-through viewing window, where busy commuters can pay their respects in anonymity. \u00a0No whispered condolences to the widow, no hand-shaking with the brother you\u2019ve never met\u2026. instead, a kind of whiz-bam-thank-you-ma\u2019am kind of peek-a-boo drop-in.<\/p>\n
\u00a0According to the funeral director,<\/strong> some people are \u201cafraid of funeral homes.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0Funeral chapel president Ivan Phillips explains that \u201c\u2026his drive-through allows people who might not otherwise visit the funeral home to honor the deceased.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard for me to understand the value<\/strong> of merely flashing a funeral home, rather than stepping inside to offer\u00a0a prayer and to speak words of comfort to the bereaved family and friends. \u00a0 I see no guestbook at the drive-up window. \u00a0What value could a quick pass-by hold\u00a0for the deceased? \u00a0It\u2019s the living who need your embrace when a loved one dies. \u00a0And the dead need, not to be seen, but to be prayed for.<\/p>\n
No: \u00a0Death is not for spectators<\/strong> (unless, of course, you\u2019re an ambulance chaser or a Hollywood groupie who is somehow energized by tragedy). \u00a0The death of a friend, a co-worker, a relative is not unimportant.<\/p>\n
Together we grieve,<\/strong> together we pray, together we celebrate the life of the person we knew and loved. \u00a0Come on inside.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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