Lightning fast read meant to make you think… 10 Mistakes People Make with Death and Dying (plus 1 bonus): 1. Believe death is the end and there is nothing more following. (Hebrews 9:27) 2. Never dare talk about it (it’s the most important subject above everything else). 3. Don’t prepare for death and dying (you […]
Information Please (Don’t Doubt the Impression You’re Making)
July 15, 2012 by
(The author of this piece is unknown. I had to post it because you have to read it.) When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. […]
Don’t You Dare
January 9, 2012 by
The phone rang. On the other end was a daughter’s desperate plea. “Dad is dying. And he’s backslidden.” His parents had been pastors. And they were gone. (“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”) They had been praying for their son a long, long time. And can you just […]
Deaths in “Threes” and Other Frightening Thoughts
October 10, 2011 by
The death of Steve Jobs has rocked the computer world. And then while I was in the grocery store shopping with my wife I read on my iPod Touch (one of Jobs’ inventions) about the death of Al Davis, owner/executive of NFL football’s Oakland Raiders. Some are expecting a third death who have the idea […]
She’s With Jesus
October 8, 2011 by
“‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise.’” (Matthew 21:16) She was a member of our church. She loved the Lord with all her heart. And she suddenly died. I was speaking to her as the last one leaving our church on a Sunday morning and the next Monday afternoon […]
I Was in the Room When She Died
August 7, 2011 by
The voice on the phone said, “She’s dying.” I was out the door. The family was there. We had been through this before. There were tears. There were prayers. There were hugs, smiles at memories. The room got quiet. The breaths became less and less. (Was she still even breathing?) The doctor was clear, “Anytime […]
Eyes On Jesus (An Ode)
December 29, 2010 by
When you’re waking up in the morning, eyes on Jesus. When you’re getting dressed, eyes on Jesus. When you’re eating breakfast, eyes on Jesus. When you’re heading out the door, eyes on Jesus. When you’re driving in traffic, eyes on Jesus. When you’re at the office (or school), eyes on Jesus. When everything you’re touching […]
When Death Calls
September 30, 2010 by
I’d just talked to her at church the day before. She was the last one to leave and she told me of a song on her heart. So when the phone rang and the caller said, “She’s dead,” I hung up in disbelief. “Huh? It can’t be true.” I ran out the door and drove […]
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