All Death articles
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OpinionIt’s Good Friday and we know that death must precede resurrection. This is how I understood the principle…
This Easter weekend Bethany Anderson is reminded that sometimes, things have to die in order to come back to new life.
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OpinionChurches can help us move past the very British fear of death
Rev Canon Yvonne Tulloch, CEO of charity AtaLoss, has been on a mission to address the UK’s ignorance over death, after her husband died suddenly. Here she explains why we need to train churches in bereavement support.
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OpinionDid Madonna hear from God during a near-death experience?
At Madonna’s The Celebration Tour, she told fans that her first word after coming out of a coma and a ‘near-death experience’ was… ‘no’.
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OpinionKate Garraway has just gone back to work after the funeral of her husband, here is my advice to her, as a widow myself.
Tania West lost her husband two years ago. In an open letter to the TV presenter whose husband died two months ago, Tania shares some encouragement in that she has found God to be faithful, even in deepest grief.
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OpinionShould Christians be afraid of dying?
Death comes to us all, but it doesn’t stop us worrying about it. When Jemimah Wright’s father died, she grew closer to understanding how real heaven is.
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ArticleMy husband was told he had less than six months to live
In April 2023, Bekah Legg’s comedian husband Steve Legg was given a terminal diagnosis following a battle with cancer. A year later, she shares how they continue to navigate the journey with both hope and humour
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OpinionDame Esther Rantzen wants to die well - can joining Dignitas really deliver?
After a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis Dame Esther Rantzen has said she will ’buzz off to Zurich’ if treatment is not successful. Alex Noel discusses whether or not we can demand a ’good death’ through assisted dying, as even Jesus suffered horribly in his final hour.
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Article‘Scientifically I should have been dead. It’s a miracle that I survived’
Kristen Jane Anderson, 41, tried to kill herself when she was 17. While her life was spared, she lost both of her legs. She spoke to Jemimah Wright about her story, and why she now lives to bring hope to others
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OpinionAs Christians, how do we respond to the news that black women are five times more likely to die in pregnancy than white women?
Obstetrician, Sonji Clark comments on the quest to reduce maternal deaths in England and Wales, and the disturbing statistics in a recent Maternal Mortality report
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ArticleWalking with Jesus through complex grief
Sarah Portal has faced significant losses since an early age, including friends and family members.
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OpinionWhat I learned from my vicar Dad about the practical side of preparing for death
Alex Hutton, along with her tax-expert-cum-vicar father, are passionate about helping people prepare their affairs for the end of their life.
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OpinionTina Turner’s legacy - she didn’t give up
As the world pays tribute to the ‘Queen of Rock-and-Roll’, Tina Turner, who died on the 24 May, aged 83, Rebecca Hunter-Kelm remembers the life of the woman who didn’t give up
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OpinionAre we too afraid of death? Here’s what Christians should remember
Author of Living to Finish Well Marjie Sutton asks if we can face a fear of death by better understanding the glory of eternal life.
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Article‘We prayed, but we didn’t get a miracle’
Esther Scholes speaks candidly about how she navigated the deaths of her son and then husband
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ArticleThe death of my daughter led me back to faith
Louise Malcolm, 82, was born in Jamaica and raised going to church, but faith did not become real to her until after the death of her young daughter
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OpinionI’m a grief support volunteer and I believe we need to speak more freely about death and how, in Christ, it is a triumph and not a defeat
Grief support volunteer and former palliative care professional Kemi Koleoso says that she thinks of 'death as an end with a bend'. Here she explains why Christians should find hope and encouragement in death and shouldn't shy away from speaking about it.
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ArticleWill the average Christian woman please stand up?
Veronica Zundel has been a columnist for this magazine since 1982. Now, in what she calls her ‘autumn years’, she considers what has changed – or not - for Christian women
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OpinionI always thought near-death stories of meeting Jesus before being revived by doctors were rubbish… until I started researching them
Lauren Windle had always been sceptical of “near-death” divine revelation, especially when she was asked by a tabloid newspaper to cover two stories in particular. But when she asked her vicar about the credibility of these fantastical tales, she was blown away by his response… and then she fell down a rabbit hole of research.
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OpinionI’m healthy and in my 30s but I’ve planned my funeral, including recording a message to be played - people think it’s crazy
Writer Lauren Windle explains why she decided not to leave her dying words to chance, but instead to record them to be played at her funeral and why she thinks it could be the most important thing she ever says.
