Today a wife, three children & their spouses & children are attending the funeral of the man they love. Their love is not in the past tense. It never will be.
My friend, Dr David Alan Black, does not know this family, but he, too, is on a grief journey and his words today are good and true and should be read by all of us today. I hope Dave Black doesn’t mind that I gave his blog entry a title, Night Comes Before Morning. It deserves one.
I’m going to share something deeply personal about holidays. I hope anyone reading this will say, “Oh, I already knew that.” because it has been a very difficult lesson for me to learn. For many years, I followed in the footsteps of women before me and worked and cooked and stressed myself out on every…
And he [Jesus] took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. Mark 10:16 (NIV) Like so many, many MANY young adults today – I grew up going to church every week, following the example of my parents. When I reached college and was able to freely make a decision…
I am visiting family in Arizona. “Immigration” is a word that the media currently associate with Arizona. It is so much more than that with its beautiful sunsets, lovely hacienda-style homes, and diverse communities. Critics of the immigration laws here feel it promotes racial profiling. I would immediately have to ask, “Aren’t 99 44/100% of the illegal…
I have just spent the last two weeks with my children. They are 31-years-old and have children of their own. By any reasonable standard they are grown. The question that is running in my spirit today is: Do I treat them like they are grown? I am going to ask myself a few questions and…
Unless the builder builds the house with the LORD, he labors in vain. Psalm 127:1 (my paraphrase) Seven years ago, a group of men wanted to do something in memory of a friend. Their friend had died quite suddenly of a massive heart attack. He had a young son who was mid-way through a year…
Our first night of Bible study gave us some points that need clarification and technical glitches which require some refining. But we will continue forward and Henry and I are excited to see who joins us every week and what God will teach us all! Next Monday evening our opening questions will be: Can we,…