Tag Archives: Religion

What is Green Burial? An Interview with Sam Mulgrew

SevenPonds talks to a monastic casket company
Posted on August 6, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Trappist Caskets is a unique business, producing simple, elegant, ecologically minded caskets from company headquarters in Peosta, Iowa — which happens to be New Melleray Abbey, home of Catholic monks known as Cistercians. Below, manager Sam Mulgrew discusses the roles … Continue reading →

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El Malei Rachamim

A traditional Jewish prayer
Posted on May 24, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

El malei rachamim shokhen ba-m’romim ha-m’tzei m’nuchah n’khonah tachat kanfei ha-sh’khinah b’ma’alot k’doshim u’t’horim c’zohar ha-rakiah maz’hirim l’nishmot yakireinu u’k’dosheinu she-hal’khu l’olamam. Ana ba’al ha-rachamim ha-s’tirem b’tzel k’nafekha l’olamim u-tz’ror bitz’ror ha-chayim et nishmatam. Adonai hu nachalatam v’yanuchu b’shalom al … Continue reading →

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“Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”

- Teilhard de Chardin
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust…”

- Book of common prayer, 1599
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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