Thought for the Day

. . . people talk . . . about their families because that is

how we talk about God. That is how we talk about 

the meaning of our lives. . . .

. . . We don't live our lives in our heads, in theology

and theories. We live our lives in our families: the families

we are born into, the families we create, the families we make

through the people we choose as friends.

~ Kerry Egan, Hospice Chaplain*

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* Quoted from "My Faith: What People Talk About Before They Die", CNN Belief Blog, January 28, 2012 (This post has received thousands of comments.)

Kerry Egan also is the author of Fumbling: A Pilgrimage Tale of Love, Grief, and Spiritual Renewal on the Camino de Santiago (Doubleday, 2004)

"Top Five Regrets of the Dying", The Guardian, February 1, 2012