At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love.

On November 10, as we celebrate All Souls’ Day at our Choral Eucharist service, please don’t miss the opportunity to hear also from renowned hospice and palliative care specialist, public speaker, and connector BJ Miller. On this day of prayer and remembrance for those we love and see no longer, who better to hear from than this deep thinker about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life.

Miller is the co-author with Shoshana Berger of the book A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death; the executive director of San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Project from 2011 to 2016; and the founder of the Center for Dying and Living (now Mettle Health), a website designed for people to share their own stories related to living with illness, disability, and loss or caring for those who are.

Join Malcolm Clemens Young for a conversation with Miller regarding the big questions about how to honor death and life.

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What really matters at the end of life | BJ Miller | TED

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A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

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About the Moderator

The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young is the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner. 

About the Guest

BJ Miller, MD is a hospice and palliative care specialist, public speaker, and connector. His interests are in working across disciplines to effect broad-based culture change and in cultivating a civic model for aging and dying. By facilitating open conversations about loss and perspective, he hopes to inspire people to effectively participate in their own care. Miller aims to improve the quality of life for all and compel the healthcare system to adapt to the changing needs of the people it’s trying to serve.

About The Forum

The Forum is a series of stimulating conversations about faith and ethics in relation to the important issues of our day. We invite inspiring and illustrious people to sit down for a real conversation with the Forum’s host and with you. Our guests range from artists, inventors, and philosophers to pop culturists and elected officials, but the point of The Forum is singular: civil, sophisticated discourse that engages minds and hearts to think in new ways about the world.  More about Grace Forum Online.

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