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A Good Life to the End

Can a Minister Heed His Own Lessons of Death?

A roadmap of how to live a good life.

The Reverend Forrest Church never expected to live past 60, since all the men in his family — including former United States Senator Frank Church —had died before reaching that age. … Back to Article

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A Good Life to the End

When Reverend Forrest Church was diagnosed three years ago with terminal cancer, he decided to go public with his imminent "progress" toward death. His hope was to help others find their way to a "good death," if that was possible, as he had counseled others to do for more than 30 years as a Unitarian minister. More

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