Anwar Sadat, the late prime minister of Egypt, once noted that there were two experiences in life that were so traumatic, so far reaching in their scope, that having experienced them, one's life could never be quite the same. One was prison; the other was war. As we are gather here this morning, on the week of Memorial Day, I would like to address ourselves to the latter. While there are many wars...
All of us know that there are proper times to do and say certain things. For example, if we are gardeners, we know that peas and lettuce should be planted in the early spring. If we are attending a funeral, we are aware of the fact that it is no time to laugh. If a family member is unreasonably angry with us and thinks we don't care for him at all, it may be the time to put our arms around him and...
DICK FRAZIER is presently associate director of the Presbyterian Family Life Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, a multi-service pastoral counseling facility. Before that he was a local pastor and then a Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor and Chaplain Therapist at a psychiatric center working with institutionalized patients. He also preaches in the context of invitations from local churches t...
