Yearly Archives: 2016


Reposted from Targuman. This past month I had the great privilege to participate in an “OLLI” course with our local funeral home director, rabbi, and Orthodox priest. I was surprised that there was less I knew about the Orthodox mourning traditions, than I did about Jewish ones. One tradition was […]

Remembering the Dead









BY CHRISTIAN BRADY We all believe many different things over the course of our lives and our beliefs shift; much as the relentless waves alter the contours of the shore, new experiences cause us to grow and adapt. A few years ago I wrote a “This I Believe” essay about […]

I Believe in Grieving