Community
This is the sermon I am going to preach on Sunday, February 21, 2010. It comes on the occasion of the death of one of our members tonight, Saturday, February 20. When Pope John XXIII lay dying, the Pope's physician is reported to have said, "Holy Father,
Journey
As cancers go, it was the best kind to have, the doctor said. Basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, that lives at the base layer of the skin, but rarely metastasizes to other parts of the body. The bad news, he said, was that it was in the
Journey
I received a call from the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office at about 9:30 PM tonight. A very kind investigator told me that my brother had been found dead late this afternoon in the apartment he shared in Atlanta. We knew this call would come one day.
Pastoral Care
A memorial service should accomplish two things -- it should bring comfort to the family, and it should connect with the life of the deceased. To meet those two criteria, I ask the family to help me by providing these 6 things: 1. Scripture passages. I ask if they have
Community
At the end of each summer several new families move into Chatham, which is remarkable for a town of 1300 people. These families are new faculty members at Hargrave Military Academy and Chatham Hall here in our small town. This year, we're going to figure out ways to
Community
I stepped back in time 200-years today. No, I did not go to a museum. I went to a funeral. A friend's father died after an extended illness, and Debbie and I attended the funeral today. Our friend's father was of the Old German Baptist Brethren,