"Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."

(For a dedicated Christian layperson with whom the pastor has had a close relationship.)

Commentator Paul Harvey tells about an embarrassing incident that took place in a recent political campaign.

Vice President Dan Quayle was on the campaign trail--in Champaign-Urbana--campaigning for an Illinois politician, Representative Lynn Martin.

Organizers of the political rally got school children excused from school for the parade. They asked the youngsters to wave and cheer when the motorcade came by.

And they did.

They waved and cheered just as they had been instructed.

Only trouble was that the first motorcade to come by wasn''t the Vice President at all. It was a FUNERAL. (1)

There''s no waving and cheering for us today. This is a time…