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At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin: They offer lower costs, fewer chemicals and a quicker route to being reborn — in one sense, anyway. Read More

Your father was gasping for breath. The hospice care providers had not yet trained you in how to respond. So you called 911. Read more

A Dress Rehearsal for Our Deaths: Yom Kippur asks us to look our mortality in the face. Can we sustain the stare? Read more here > 

CaringBridge: Your free CaringBridge website has all the tools you need to keep your family and friends updated during a difficult time. A CaringBridge website provides all the information your family and friends need so they can give you all the support…

The annual CEOLP volunteers contemplative retreat will be held on Sunday, Feb. 4, from 8am – 2:30 pm. RSVP at ceolp.info@gmail.com. This year’s theme: reflecting on our experience of the past ten years, as individuals and as a group. The…

CEOLP/IFC Events for October, 2017 Celebrate the Crestone End of Life Project’s ten years of service to the community by joining other community members in a series of special events this month sponsored by CEOLP and IFC (Informed Final Choices,…

This New York Times article explains the common end-of-life symptoms.

Chaim, the Hebrew word for “Life,” is structured in the form of a double plural. Just like yadaim, “hands,” and oznaim, “ears.” (And yes, mayim, “water,” has the same form). The single word for LIFE carries an intrinsic implication of…

By Gussie Fauntleroy If you’ve attended one of the beautifully sacred open-air cremations facilitated by the Crestone End of Life Project (CEOLP), you may have said to yourself, “If I die,” (see how we tend to think?) “that’s the kind…