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2022 - December - Gazette - 2nd Annual Luminaria Memorial Display
2nd Annual Luminaria Memorial Display
Last New Year’s Eve, I picked up my parents from their local retirement community and took them for a drive in search of a very special light show. As i...
Thursday, December 15, 2022
2022 - November - Gazette - What Really Matters
What Really Matters
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” As we begin this holiday season, I invite all of us to contemplate these words from writer Annie Dillard. How do ...
Saturday, November 19, 2022
2022 - November - CNN - Dogs know just when we need them most ...
We're grateful to Madeline Holcombe with CNN for including Koch Funeral Home and Monroe, our grief therapy dog, in her story about how dogs impact grief. Thank you, Madeline! Read more here.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
2022 - November - Town & Gown - Funerals Provide Support and Help Us Heal
Funerals Provide Support and Help Us Heal
We shared stories about this veteran’s life, listened to his favorite music and said a prayer. After leaving the funeral home, we gathered at the gravesid...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
2022 - October - Gazette - Healing Through the Holidays
Healing Through the Holidays
Growing up, my older sister had a poster of a sad clown in her bedroom with the words, “Share with me my sadness and I’ll share with you my joy.” That sentimen...
Friday, October 28, 2022
2022 - October - CDT - Active Life - Allowing Nature to Help Us Heal
Allowing Nature to Help Us Heal
“Instead of seeing natural things as merely objects to be used, we must allow nature to enchant us.” These words of writer and Franciscan priest Richard Rohr ...
Sunday, October 9, 2022
2022 - September - Gazette - The Work of a Funeral Director
The Work of a Funeral Director
I had the honor and privilege of traveling around Pennsylvania for two weeks this September making presentations to funeral directors at the Pennsylvania Funeral Dir...
Thursday, September 29, 2022
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2022 - December - Gazette - 2nd Annual Luminaria Memorial Display
2nd Annual Luminaria Memorial Display
Last New Year’s Eve, I picked up my parents from their local retirement community and took them for a drive in search of a very special light show. As i...
2022 - November - Gazette - What Really Matters
What Really Matters
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” As we begin this holiday season, I invite all of us to contemplate these words from writer Annie Dillard. How do ...
2022 - November - CNN - Dogs know just when we need them most ...
We're grateful to Madeline Holcombe with CNN for including Koch Funeral Home and Monroe, our grief therapy dog, in her story about how dogs impact grief. Thank you, Madeline! Read more here.
2022 - November - Town & Gown - Funerals Provide Support and Help Us Heal
Funerals Provide Support and Help Us Heal
We shared stories about this veteran’s life, listened to his favorite music and said a prayer. After leaving the funeral home, we gathered at the gravesid...
2022 - October - Gazette - Healing Through the Holidays
Healing Through the Holidays
Growing up, my older sister had a poster of a sad clown in her bedroom with the words, “Share with me my sadness and I’ll share with you my joy.” That sentimen...
2022 - October - CDT - Active Life - Allowing Nature to Help Us Heal
Allowing Nature to Help Us Heal
“Instead of seeing natural things as merely objects to be used, we must allow nature to enchant us.” These words of writer and Franciscan priest Richard Rohr ...
2022 - September - Gazette - The Work of a Funeral Director
The Work of a Funeral Director
I had the honor and privilege of traveling around Pennsylvania for two weeks this September making presentations to funeral directors at the Pennsylvania Funeral Dir...
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