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I DON’T BELIEVE I can work today. I find myself angry with God again and pummeled by the riptides within me. Over the death of a dog. This happens when someone I love dies. Like my two younger brothers a couple years ago. And Juneau, the beautiful …
This could have been about final moments between a son and his mother. For Mom is fragile now, and 800 miles from Kansas, across the eastern plains to Ohio. Or it could have been about death. For I’m the only male left in Mom’s and Dad’s family. Dad …
I LOST A GOOD FRIEND last week—a close colleague. Robert V. Huber, retired Reader’s Digest Book editor. He was there at the beginning, when I launched my freelance writing career in the mid-90s. He edited Bible background books, and he was one of the …
A FEW MINUTES AFTER MY BROTHER DIED of COVID-19 on December 30, my sleeping sister dreamed that he came to her with a message. What he told her makes this seem like more than a dream. If it’s not a glimpse into heaven, it sure seems like an …
I HAD TWO BROTHERS at the beginning of the year. I don’t want to end with none. My youngest brother died in July. Heart attack. My surviving brother, also younger, is starting Day Nine on a Ventilator, fighting COVID. Yesterday morning, they …
GOD GIVES DYING PEOPLE SOMETHING INVISIBLE. Strange to say, I’ve seen it. Not in any mystical sense. No hovering spirits or coins sliding along a tabletop. I’ve seen it the way we see the wind. Leaves moving. A rush of air that blows …
I COULDN’T TAKE THE PICTURE. I’ve worked as a photojournalist. I’ve taken pictures of dead teenagers whose bodies were still trapped inside a car that a train mauled, shoved, and crushed 200 yards down a railroad track before …
I WOKE WITH TEARS yesterday. And my first thought of the day felt like a jolt inside my head: “Is he still alive?” Let me make this short. My wife and I broke our Covid-19 protocol on Wednesday. We watched our grandsons, ages 2 and 4. You can wear a …
Q When Jesus appeared to the disciples, they were shocked and terrified (Luke 24:37). Instead of running to give him a hug, they stood frozen with fear. What do you think about that? A It would be a discomforting experience to stand in the presence …
When Jesus saw that a widow’s only son had died, possibly leaving her destitute, he talked to the dead. “‘Young man, I’m talking to you. Get up!’ The dead man sat up and started talking.” Luke 7:14-15 Casual English Bible Preview of atlas maps for …
Apostle Paul expressed his view of death in beautiful poetry. “When this mortal body gets a permanent upgrade to immortality, the Bible prophecies will be fulfilled: ‘Death got chewed up and spit out. Hey Death, you’re a loser. Hey Death, …
A YOUNG LADY I KNEW DIED THIS WEEK. She was 49 years old, far too young to die, I think. She edited children’s material for a Protestant denomination. We used to work on the same floor many years ago. I lost touch with her. When I heard on Monday …
