I gave the following sermon at a friend's funeral. I was very honoured and humbled to be able to do this, and to be asked to do so by Brent himself and his wife, Stephanie, before his passing. Part One: In the Gospel of John, when Lazarus was sick, his sisters Martha and Mary sent … Continue reading Sermon: A Five-Part Gospel on Lazarus, Brent, and How God Feels About Death” (Brent Woelke’s Funeral)
The Year My Grandfather Got Cancer
I've never been to a funeral. Attending one seems to me a kind of rite of passage, whereby a person pushes off from a harbor of sorts and into deeper waters. This is perhaps because I associate funerals with adulthood, adulthood being the porter which brings death closer. It's not that death hasn't touched people … Continue reading The Year My Grandfather Got Cancer