Forrest Church didn't set out to be a minister. But after 30 years at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York, Church had hundreds of talks with parishioners facing their deaths. Could he heed his own advice when facing his own death? Listen how Church explains how religion formed his life.

End-of-Life Counseling

By Michael Haederle

Experts say the "death panel" debate demonizes tough-but-essential conversations among doctors, patients, and families.

Never Too Young for an Advance Directive

By Claudia Forestieri

When planning for the inevitable, draw up your advance directives as part of your life portfolio to be sure your loved ones make health choices according to your wishes.

Saying Goodbye to Parents

By Diane Brown

The son of conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and socialite Patricia Taylor Buckley, Christopher copes with losing his mother and father within a year's time.

Poetry for Recovery

By Victoria Dawson

A new anthology of 115 poems describing trauma—illness and abuse, divorce and addiction, the death of a spouse or a child, and exile and war.