I’m often asked, “What are the best and worst things to say at a funeral?” And it’s a great question to ask because the right words can help speed up healing, while the wrong words can delay the grief process by days, maybe even months. I stumbled across this list from Grief.com and thought they were very helpful. […]
I picked up the phone with my rehearsed, “Hello. This is the Wilde Funeral Home. Caleb speaking.” The voice on the other end says abruptly, “I have a problem … my son-in-law was killed in a motorcycle accident yesterday.” Now that I know the nature of her call, the next five or six sentences are […]
Today’s guest post is from Shawn Smucker, coauthor of both “Think No Evil: Inside the Story of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting”, and “Twist of Faith: The Story of Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels.” Shawn lives in Paradise, Pennsylvania with his wife, four children, four chickens, and a rabbit named Rosie. He blogs daily at shawnsmucker.com about […]
The past couple posts have been on the problem of evil. Today is the fifth piece in the series. **** How you handle the philosophical side of the problem of evil boils down to how you answer these two questions: 1.) Does logic apply to God? 2.) Does morality apply to God? If you answer […]
When confronted with the practical reality of the problem of evil, believers who don’t use the God of gaps often do one of two things: They jettison their faith. Or, they attempt to “grab the bull by the horns.” In other words, they attempt to redefine the premise of the problem … they attempt to redefine “God”. […]