Tag: Funeral
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“See, I Am Making All Things New” – A Funeral Sermon On Revelation 21:2-7
When I was a child and would hear about someone dying, a family member or a friend of my parents, my first question was always: How old was he? How old was she? It’s not necessarily my first question these days but it’s still one of the first. Somewhere in that question is my belief Read more
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God Re-Members – A Funeral Sermon
Death is such a mystery. Sometimes it comes way too soon, too early. It comes as a tragic injustice cutting short a life yet to be fully lived. It often calls into question all we thought we knew and believed. Other times death comes too slowly and takes too long. That also is a tragic Read more
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God Wastes Nothing Of Our Lives – A Funeral Sermon On Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39
Where to begin? What to say? He was a good man, a crazy friend, a character, an operator, an entrepreneur. He was a story teller, funny, gregarious, outgoing, and mischievous. He was a rancher, a pilot, an excellent shot, a great golfer, an Aggie. “He was fun to be with and we had some good Read more
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The Music Hasn’t Ended, The Key Has Changed – A Funeral Sermon
The music of Gene’s life did not end at his death. Though we might be able to name the day and maybe even the hour of Gene’s death, he never knew that moment. He simply moved from this life to a new life. The music hasn’t ended, the key has changed. And that means we… Read more
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Opening Gates – A Funeral Sermon For A Nonbeliever
What God creates, God loves; and what God loves, God loves everlastingly. I hope that you will hold on to those words. They are the thread that runs through everything we will do here today. They are the thread that runs through everything I will say to you. They are the thread that ran through Read more
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The One For Whom Difference Makes No Difference – A Funeral Sermon On John 6:37-40
I wondered what difference his being different made to others. Because you know as well as I that the world can be a difficult place when you are different. The world can be way to quick to see and name difference as a deficiency and way to slow to create a place and space for… Read more
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Seeing With The Eye Of The Heart – A Funeral Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9
Richard knew a “secret, a very simple secret.” He knew and trusted that “it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, chapter xxi) That is the secret that sustains us through our losses and gives hope on this… Read more
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The Light In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death – A Funeral Sermon on Psalm 23
Today we “walk through the valley of the shadow of death” (Psalm 23). Today the familiarity, poetry, and beauty of the 23rd psalm have a different tone. The shadow is dark and the valley is long and deep. I will not mislead you by denying that reality or letting platitudes and sentimentalities echo off the… Read more
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When A Loved One Dies – A Funeral Sermon on John 14:1-6
I need you to trust me and work with me on what I am going to say next. It won’t seem true but it is. Brian’s love, his life, and his presence are as real today as before he died. I know it doesn’t look like that and it sure doesn’t feel like that. I… Read more
Interrupting the Silence 