Welcome to Beholding the Threshold
Welcome
Welcome
We do have choices about being close to our beloved family member or friend at the time of the final passage from life. On this website we seek to serve people wishing to meet the threshold of death with more consciousness. Spanning the legal to the practical to the spiritual, we share information and stories that will give you the permission to find the right answers for your situation and family. We, Linda Bergh and Marianne Dietzel, lost our daughters in a car accident in 1996, have now teamed together to serve the Upper Midwest. We offer workshops and services to meet your individual or group needs. Each death is unique. Taking care of our own in the hours and days after death is returning as an option for many people like it was commonly 100 years ago.. What is a challenging time can also... (more...)
She Would Draw Flowers
She Would Draw Flowers
SHE WOULD DRAW FLOWERS by Kirsten Savitri Bergh. Please visit www.shewoulddrawflowers.com for more information about this book. This poetry book, written by a 17 year “young”woman, embraces life, death and love in a way that invites us in. Authentic, light-filled and down to earth. FIFTH EDITION BEING PUBLISHED 2009 with NEW CHAPTER More poetry and Artwork and access to new website for the book. Kirsten Bergh was 17 when she died suddenly in a car accident. She Would Draw Flowers is her legacy of art and poetry which weaves a rich tapestry of joy, beauty, and inner transformation. Waldorf Education, which schools the imagination through story-telling, poetry, and visual arts, gave her a wholistic view of the world which encouraging self-expression. At age 16, Kirsten faced... (more...)
Classes
PUBLIC SHOWING OF MOVIE
Jack and Linda one week before Jack died FREE MOVIE • Southdale Library • Wed, Aug 25, 2010 • 7-9 PM The Most Excellent Dying of Jack Heckelman: Conscious Dying and Home... [Read more]
Services
See the Services section for details of how Marianne Dietzel and Linda Bergh are serving the community. Linda Is available for individual consultations; Marianne plays the lyre... [Read more]
Classes
Due to community requests, classes are now being offered about all the aspects of caring for our own at the time of death. It is a growing national movement to take back the care... [Read more]
News
National Conference on Home Death Care
Click the link and you will find information on the National Conference of the National Home Funeral Alliance. It is being held in Boulder Colorado October 8 –... [Read more]
DVD on excellent dying of Jack
A new video on conscious dying and home death care is available. Nancy Poer has copies: www.nancyjewelpoer.com/ locally Linda Bergh has copies. go to contacts and e mail. Read More →
resource book on home death care
Undertaken With Love Wonderful booklet to help individuals or groups prepare consciously for all aspects of death, including home death care www.homefuneralmanual.org/ Read More →