The eulogy for my nephew, Richard Douglas, was exceptional. Richard’s brother-in-law, Brian Lastra, spoke for 20 minutes. He hit all the positive points of Richard’s life, injected some humor, and focused on shared family times. Brian avoided the down-side of Richard’s fragile, troubled life. At age 52, he died a tragic death by his own [...]
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Unspeakable horror descended upon the one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania that morning in October 2006. Charlie Roberts entered with guns, dismissed the boys, bound up ten girls, and shot all of them. Five of the innocent school girls died; the other five lived with one in a wheelchair. Charlie committed suicide before he [...]
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My wife, Pearl, and I were waiting for a memorial service to start. When they brought the dogs in, we just about lost it. We had lost a Saint, and Williamsburg lost a giant. Dr. Mark Ellis was Pearl’s oncologist, and the oncologist of many who have suffered with cancer. One estimate is that his [...]
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“Friday is black, but Sunday is coming.” That was the title and the often repeated theme in an Easter sermon I once heard. The thesis contrasted Christ’s pain and suffering on Friday to the glorious Sunday of his resurrection.
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“I no longer believe in God. If there was a God, He wouldn’t have let this happen.”
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