Nathan Phelps, the estranged son of Fred Phelps, posted a Facebook message Sunday saying his father was «at the edge of death» at a hospice in Topeka, Kansas, where Westboro Baptist Church has long been a controversial presence. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
No other pursuit could be so exhilarating and meaningful, so loaded with the paradoxical sensation of being entirely alive yet also careening out of control on the edge of death. (religion-online.org)
because the monk needs to live close to the edge of death, for only in that way can one understand the limits of life. (religion-online.org)