Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Funeral

  • On the Death of a Child

    It is a connection I never imagined or wanted. Nine days after the death of my son I officiated and preached at the wedding of a young couple. Nine days before the third anniversary of my son’s death I officiated and preached the following sermon at the funeral of that young couple’s baby. Born prematurely, Read more

  • And Death is Only a Horizon.

    We seem to give him back to you, dear God, who gave him to us. Yet as you did not lose him in giving, so we have not lost him by his returning. Not as the world gives, do you give, O Lover of Souls! What you give, you do not take away. For what Read more

  • A Funeral Sermon For Warren

    “The Sun of Righteousness is gloriously risen, giving light to those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death.” John 6:37-40 Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39 Wisdom 3:1-5,9 How poignant is it that today we do not sing and the organ is not played – this day, of all days, when we gather to Read more