Tag Archives: grief
“When God Shows Up” sermon from Sunday
Manuscript of First Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 6:1-8 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, May 31, 2015 On March 24, 1991, one of the oldest and largest Redwoods in California crashed to the ground. People call the tree the Dyerville Giant, and it lies where it fell. When it stood, the tree […]
Good Grief
Message Manuscript of “Good Grief” Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, November 4, 2012 Have you ever had a broken bone? Not much fun is it? The healing of bones is possible, yet it a slow process. For some, it is complicated and even prevented by things that get in the way of healing. […]
Words for When There Is a Suicide
I received news early this week that someone I knew took his own life on Sunday night. He was a few grades ahead of me, but I knew him as a role model in our youth group as well as in sports. He was always the coolest person I knew, even after losing all his […]
A Word for All Mourners
The OT text for this Sunday is powerfully encouraging. It is a great foundation for each day of Holy Week, especially for Easter Sunday. It is Isaiah 25:6-9 (NRSV, from Oremus Bible Browser) On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines, […]
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