“It is as natural to die as it is to be born. Eventually every one of us dies. We were formed of stardust, and to stardust we will return." (Rev. Vicki Joy McClure, ChI 2007)
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"The expectation that we should have some control over the chances and changes of this life is a lovely waking dream and may serve well as a coping mechanism. Yet we, as public servants and students of Life, owe it to ourselves and those we serve to embrace the realities of impermanence and death." (Rev. Vicki Joy McClure)
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"There is an old Hasidic tale: we each should have two pockets. In one, there is a message, 'For me, the whole earth was made.’ And in the other, a message, 'I am but dust and ashes.' " (Rev. Vicki Joy McClure)
