Today’s guest post is from Brenda Lee. This post was written on November 11th, 2008 … two weeks after her husband’s death. ***** I kind of feel guilty saying this, but overall, today was a good day. Despite not wanting to get up this morning (facing the official 2 weeks since…), I eventually got my […]
It seems there’s two poles in the livings reaction to death: the one pole is where people almost think death is unreal … that when we die we simply “go to a better place” where all is not only okay, but it’s better. And then there’s another pole. It’s the pole of darkness. Where death is […]
Says my grandfather as he looks at the handsome face of a 13 year old boy lying motionless on our stretcher. The last time the family saw him was a couple days before Easter. Now, a day removed from Easter, they will view the body of their son one final time before he’s taken […]
Few Christians are familiar with the term “orthopathos.” We’re familiar with orthodoxy, which is “thinking like Jesus”. And many of us hope to be “orthodox.” Some of us have heard of the term orthopraxy, which is “acting like Jesus”. But orthopathos, which means “feeling the feelings of Jesus” is an idea that few of us are […]
Probably one of the more insensitive things you can say to the bereaved at a funeral is, “I understand what you’re going through, and you’ll get through it.” You don’t really understand. Maybe you experienced the death of child, or a spouse, or a parent, but each person’s grief is different.. I had the […]