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As membership in traditional religious institutions plummets, the meaning of marriage is changing rapidly. Numbers of those identifying as spiritual but not religious are on the rise, and Donna Schaper provides a roadmap to help readers understand this transition of marriage after culture and religion are no longer of one voice about its meaning.

How can we live well while doing good? Can human beings really be able to enjoy the world while trying to save it? This book shows us a socially responsible way of having it all.

From making a will and planning a memorial service to finding peace in aging and illness, Approaching the End of Life offers practical and spiritual guidance to anyone wrestling with the end of a life. With sensitivity and humor Donna Schaper shares information on topics ranging from coping with illness to finding a spiritual home.

About the Contributor(s):The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper is Senior Minister of Judson Memorial Church in New York City and the author of thirty books, mostly about keeping Sabbath while gardening and being an activist. Best known for being dismembered by a garden club, she spends her days loving parish ministry in New York City. She also grows a great tomato and gathers sticks to build evening fires at her country shack in Fishkill, New York.

In this thoughtful and practical book, pastor Donna Schaper guides the reader through the process of grieving the death of a parent.

Sabbath Keeping is a collection of ten meditations, each exploring a different aspect of keeping the sabbath and ending with a prayer.