April 20, 2024 “The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard ‘delay,’ but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”— 1 Peter 3:9 So many of us spend our lives worrying about the souls of people we love,...
April 18, 2024 “Pray hardest when it’s hardest to pray.” — Anonymous So many times when we are grieving the loss of a loved one, a compassionate person will ask, “Is there anything I can do for you?” Most of us hesitate to say “yes” because we’re proud or self-reliant...
April 17, 2024 “Losing a child, no matter what age, makes your heart break in pieces that you never knew existed.”— Jeannie Walters In the movie “Rabbit Hole,” based on a play of the same name by David Lindsay-Abaire, a grieving couple are being torn apart by the...
April 16, 2024 Musician and songwriter Alan Jackson has sold more than 60 million records. His love for his parents is apparent in many of his songs. He wrote “Where Her Heart Has Always Been” for his mother’s funeral, and it includes a recording of Ruth Musick “Mama...
April 15, 2024 “Going … but know not where”— Epitaph on gravestone in Putnam Sometimes when you’re driving past an old country graveyard in a New England town, pause to walk among the tombstones, and you will encounter another world, with countless stories about life...