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Psalm 8 declares the greatness of God. Regardless of man’s inflated view of himself, God stands alone in His glorious splendor. He alone is Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer, and the soon coming King of the Ages.

This poem was given to me, quoted to me actually while serving an interim at the Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. This dear elderly lady was a resident of a local nursing home during that time (c. 1978-1979). The pastor of the church and I visited with her and when she learned that I was preparing for a career in ministry, but attended a Methodist College (Wofford, Spartanburg, SC) she was greatly concerned that I do not leave the Baptist denomination to become a Methodist

When you can't trace God's hand, you can trust God's heart. Charles Spurgeon

How’d You Live Your Dash? > > I read of a man who stood to speak > At the funeral of a friend > He referred to the dates on her tombstone > From the beginning...to the end. > > He noted that first came her date of birth > And spoke the following date with tears, > But he said what mattered most of all…

J. Vernon McGee

I have sometimes thought of the contrast between the poor man’s funeral and the rich man’s funeral. When the poor man dies, his sons and daughters weep with real distress, for the death of the father brings sadness and sympathy into that house. The poor man is to be buried, but it can only be managed…

Very moving story

I will never forget Ted Stone

We are gathered here today to mourn the loss, but also to celebrate the life of Russell Bowen. Today we find comfort in knowing that God is with us as we grieve. In the Bible we read these words: We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not…

When Mark Eklund was in junior high school, Helen Mrosla was his math teacher. One Friday she sensed that the students were frustrated with themselves and edgy with one another. To get a handle on this she asked them to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving…

I have heard it said, I believe in heaven but I’m not in any hurry to get there. This feeling became real for Stanley Heerboth and his wife after they attended the funeral of a good friend. When the service concluded the Heerboths decided to go to a Chinese restaurant for a little Szechuan pick-me-up.…

On October 2nd, 2006 at 10:25am, Charles Carl Roberts IV entered a one-room schoolhouse in the Amish community of Nickel Mines in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He instructed all of the adults and young boys to leave, but held the remaining ten girls hostage. Sensing what was to come, one of the girls offered…

Leonard Durkin was suffering from heart failure. The Englishman was a huge Burger King fan and told his kin he wanted them to bury him with his usual order. He got his dying wish. On leaving the funeral the hearse carrying his corpse stopped at a Burger King drive-through, and a double bacon cheeseburger…

24-year-old Connor Betts entered a bar and restaurant in Dayton Ohio and shot and killed 9 people wounding 27 others. Dayton police, responding to the shooting, killed Connor or the massacre would have been much worse. His online obituary, published by his parents made no mention of the massacre that…

Chicago police identified a severely injured and unconscious man they found in as Alonzo Bennett. All they had for identification was an old mug shot, but Bennett’s family assented to the identification. Soon thereafter the hospitalized man died without regaining consciousness. The family planned a barbecue…

What does it mean to be grateful? William Weigal worked in the post office as a mail sorter. One day a supervisor asked William to replace a postman who was too sick to do his route. Thinking that it would not be too much trouble he agreed. After only one day on the job he refused to ever take the position…

The late Billy Graham (1918 -2018) proclaimed the Gospel to millions of people in his lifetime. His rewording of D.L, Moody’s quote is a fitting tribute for his life. “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will…

In 1986, Detective Steven McDonald, a New York City police officer, spotted three teenagers stealing bicycles in Central Park. When he approached the boys, 15 year-old Shavod Jones shot McDonald three times. One of the bullets pierced McDonald’s spinal column, paralyzing him from the neck down. Six months…

Francine Stein passed away at the age of 83, and her daughter was worried no one would come to the funeral service so she put out a request on social media, inviting strangers to come. About 30 people responded to the call for help and became the mourners and pallbearers at her funeral. Rabbi Elchanan…

When Nomura Takuyuki accepted Christ, his family disowned him. His father kicked him out of the house and declared him a non-person. They were upset because as the oldest son it would fall to him to take care of the kamidana, a miniature household altar to worship ancestors. Nomura knew that as a Christian…

While addressing an audience the late Martin Luther King Jr. said, “If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. And every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. Tell them not to…

A hospital in Barrie, Ontario has apologized for an advertisement on their parking garage gate for cancer patients. Cancer patients entering the cancer ward for treatment saw the ad for the funeral home. A patient with cancer needs to see and hear words that are uplifting, not an appeal for their service…

A California company is offering clients interested in space travel, the opportunity to rest in peace on the moon. For a fee of $12,000, Elysium Space will privately transport a person’s cremated remains to the moon. They are currently taking orders, and the first batch of ashes will travel to the moon…

A German undertaker received the shock of his life when a coffin lid at his funeral parlor slid open and the supposedly dead woman inside asked, “Where am I?” The man passed out in shock. The 92-year-old woman had been pronounced dead just hours earlier after staff at her retirement home found her unresponsive,…

The staff at a funeral home in Mississippi says Walter Williams woke up and surprised them. Authorities say the local coroner examined Williams about 9 PM and pronounced him dead because he had no pulse. When William’s body was taken to a local funeral home later than night, workers were getting ready…