The cosmic drama : life and death--personal stories. The guest ; The breaking, the brokenhearted, and the healing ; Life is lived in relationship ; The four relationships of life ; Explaining the four relationships ; Death is suffered in separation ; The primal dying : in Adam's fall we sinned all ; Secondary dyings : in the day that we ate of it ; What actually happens : the experience of secondary dying ; The third death, the fourth, and the difference -- The personal drama : through grief to healing--Gloria's story. The goodness of grieving ; The pattern of grief ; Notes to those who would comfort the griever ; Death ; Grief I : shock ; Grief II : wrestling the angel ; Grief III : sadness only -- The drama of redemption : from death to life again--Jesus' story. The readiness is all ; The four sacrifices of the Christ ; The cherry tree : a parable ; Grief IV : resurrection ; The primal relationship renewed -- Epilogue : end at the beginning.