On Tuesday afternoon, while working upstairs in my home office, I overheard my mom making several phone calls to promise prayer for, offer comfort to, and encourage several women who had recently lost their husbands. She understands. She gets it.…
How Far Do You Read?
For Christmas this year, my parents gave each of us a set of books or commentaries from my father’s library. Dad was still living at the time, and he carefully selected the sets of books he wanted each person to…
Grandma’s Here to Answer Your Questions!
Dear Grandma, First let me express my heartfelt sympathy for your recent loss of your beloved husband. It has been my privilege to pray for you all and follow along for a few months with the blog. I rejoice with…
“I’m Sorry for Your Loss”
Last week we probably made close to one hundred phone calls, informing businesses, organizations, and others of my father’s recent death. Most of these were for the purpose of changing names on the accounts, closing the accounts, or merely updating…
Both Sides of the Door
My father was a preacher, and for many years I’ve said that one of the highest compliments I could give him was to share that he was the same person in the pulpit that he was in our home: a…