The Politics of Jesus

Dying Into The Resurrection-Part 8-Remember Your Creator

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

Dying Into The Resurrection-Part 7-Wisdom Fears God

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

Dying Into the Resurrection-Part 6-Life As A Fleeting Joyful Gift

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

Dying Into The Resurrection-Part 5-Life Is A Vanishing Mist

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."

Dying Into The Resurrection-Part 4-Kingdom Timekeeping

At age 84 I am staring at the end of life as I have known it. Yet I am seeing, with the eye of faith, beyond my death and burial. I am living into the resurrection of Jesus the LORD. However, living in faith has not delivered me from doubt, from grief, from many losses, and fears. I cannot deny my own dying. It is on top of me every day. The worst of it is contemplating separation from Donna, my wife of 58 years. I think we need to talk to each other about death and about our dying. In fact, we need to die in the church declaring the "victory that has overcome the world." It is also true that at 84 and in reasonably good health, I am called to share my life with those running alongside me and those a generation or two behind. Donna and I have love, knowledge, and wisdom that others need. Too many of us are victimized by the foolishness of isolation, self-pity, and a thumb sucking second childhood. For us it is a time of living wisely, sharing the victory of faith and the wisdom gained from 60 years of preaching, pastoring, and prophesying in the church, as well as 30 years of lawyering, combined with parenting two adult children and eight grandchildren. Come join us on this journey of memory and anticipation as we learn to live by "Dying Into The Resurrection."