Getting it wrong:” Why didn’t you tell them their son is in hell today?” Question asked of a pastor officiating a funeral for a young man who committed suicide.
Getting it right: Jesus said, “ Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4
Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist minister, tells the story of a time when he was conducting a funeral service for a young man who had committed suicide.
On December 21, 1620, after a very difficult 66 day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, William Bradford wrote in his memoirs, “Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, we fell upon our knees and blessed God in heaven, who had brought us over the...
A little girl lived alone with her mother. They scrimped by, living day to day on her mother’s meager wages from waitressing. The little girl loved her mother and wanted to give her a gift for her birthday. She went to a nearby pawn shop where she saw a string of...