“Grief is terribly self-terminating. What I mean by that is that in the experience of grief we usually look to no one higher than ourselves, that is why grief has a tendency to be self-referential. We feel as if no one has ever experienced this degree of suffering or loss before, which means t
11.3.2010| The Fish Tank | Roshni Patel
No CommentsYesterday, some good friends of mine lost their grandfather. Although we often fear death as mighty and dreadful, it cannot truly kill us. As John Donne reminds us in Holy Sonnet X: “One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt die.” We pass throug
06.18.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
No CommentsAt first Harold Kushner could not find a publisher. Initially, the publishing establishment in New York did not think there would be a market for When Bad Things Happen to Good People. They were wrong. Since its first printing, Kushner’s book has sold over four million copies worldwide. It
06.13.2010| Opinions, Volume 6, Issue 1 | Rev. Jonathan Page
1 Comment“[God] destroys both the blameless and the wicked. When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges — if it is not he, who then is it?” Job 9: 22-24 (English Standard Version) Our
06.13.2010| Editor's Note, Volume 6, Issue 1 | Cameron D. Kirk-Giannini
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