A Sermon Preached on Good Friday This was a funeral meditation for the oldest member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Cherryville, North Carolina, held on Good Friday. Last evening the Maundy Thursday service concluded with the dramatic act known as Stripping of the Altar. The candles were extinguished. All the rich symbolism here in the chancel was removed:the banners, the Bible markers from the le...
Violent Death This meditation was given at the funeral service of a thirty-seven-year-old woman who was shot by her estranged husband and before her death, lay in the intensive care unit of the hospital for nearly seven months - most of the time in a coma. It is good to see this large crowd here. It shows your support for the family of __________ . Yet most of you, even as you reach out in support...
