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...)
News
TPT Special HOME FUNERALS Sept 26
TPT CHANNEL 2 SPECIAL ON HOME FUNERALS SEPT. 16TH AND OTHER DATES SPONSORED BY HONORINGCHOICES.ORG MN. THRESHOLD MEMBERS, INCLUDING LINDA BERGH, HEATHER HALEN AND NANCY MANAHAN WERE INTERVIEWED. Honoring Choices at the End of Life > Airs Friday September 16th > > Years ago, most people died at home surrounded by family and friends. Today medical... [Read more]
LILIPOH MAGAZINE Jan 2011 Death and Dying
The current issue of Lilipoh focuses on home funerals, green burials, and conscious dying, featuring articles by nationally known educators, including Mark Harris, Nancy Poer, and MTN members Linda Bergh and Marianne Dietzel. Lilipoh is a quarterly “lifestyles magazine for . . . ‘culture-creatives,’ folks interested in holistic health, well-being, creativity, spirituality,... [Read more]
You Tube Videos on Home Death Care
2011: Videos on U Tube show the experience of caring for our own: A. “Leon’s Home Funeral,” made by his daughter: B. From Sacred Crossings, a 5-minute video “empowering families to create personal and deeply meaningful funerals”: C. From After Death Home Care, an 10-minute instructional video: Read More →
Book by M.Dietzel
Marianne Dietzel Author Laughing in a Waterfall A Mother’s Memoir www.mariannedietzel.com PUBLISHED 2010 Read More →
2011 National Conference on Home Death Care
The next National Home Funeral Association conference is September 22-24, 2011 in Boulder, CO. The pre-conference is Sept. 21-22. For more information, visit http://homefuneralalliance.org.(click the live link) The first national conference, held in Oct.2010, was a successful learning and networking experience, and much national progress can be seen by the connections made... [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/ trailer availalbe. Movie has won two national documentary awards. locally Linda Bergh has copies. go to contacts and e mail. Read More →