Death Following Mysterious Disappearance

This was a Funeral Sermon for two young people who disappeared from the community and whose remains were found many weeks later.

As a parent of two young men, ages eighteen and twenty, I've tried this past week to put myself in the place of _____________ and _______ 's parents and their families. But I cannot. All I can do is to do what each one of us can do - to go with them into the depths of their sorrow and despair and walk with them along the road of this tragic chapter in their lives.

One of the things that I wonder each time my sons leave home is will they come back safely? Youth are like that - they like to go and to do. We as parents can't keep them locked up in our homes. We must let them have their freedom so they will learn to make their ch…