The Rev'd Andrew Schmidt and son John reading Lion in The Long Grass

The lion and the pig

“I have recently been thinking about children’s books that I have collected. There are two that I want to share a little about with you…These stories tell me that death is not nearly as much to fear as is a life poorly spent,” says The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt from The Parishes of Nerang and Mudgeeraba

Grief and acceptance

“True acceptance is, I believe, taking into oneself the loss, and incorporating it into our lives,” says The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt on the grief we experience when loved ones die

Death

The lion and the pig

Grief and acceptance