EMBRACING DEATH

When we are young, we don’t consider our death. As we grow older and our years on Earth increase, the inevitability of our death will make itself known. We realize our death is coming and there is nothing we can do about the timing of its arrival. At some point, we...

JUST PASSING THROUGH

In a few days, I will turn 75. For some reason, My approaching birthday carries with it a sense of significance.  On a recent visit with our extended family, my brother-in-law who is a physician, asked about my health. He asked if I was taking any prescription...

OUR LAST LAP

We never know when this life will end. Our passing can come from a variety of issues and in unexpected ways. Some of us will live for many years. Others will die young, What we need to possess in the years of life we have been allotted is a willingness to keep...

THE FEAR OF DYING

Perhaps it’s our age, but Jan and I are praying for the time when one of us dies and the other is left alone. After 51 years of marriage, we have become so one in the Spirit that it will be impossible, in human terms, to process that time and the emotional loss the...

THE GIFT OF UNCERTAINTY

We are all going to die, so why waste the impending certainty of that event? Death and its inevitability will be ignored by people who fail to grasp the lessons it can provide. As I read Scripture certain verses will get my attention. A particular verse will capture...