Death
Die Well
April 27, 2015 by Jonathan Parnell
“Peo“Just thinking about D-Day,” the old man replied.
I had noticed him walk into the coffee shop, his back hunched over almost parallel to the ground. He took his seat and immediately, almost choreographed, a barista greeted him with a cup of coffee, a donut, and the kind of smile that only makes sense for a regular.”
Committing to the Road Less Traveled
September 22, 2010 by Colleen Swindoll Thompson
“M. Scott Peck began his book The Road Less Traveled with this truth: “Life is difficult.”1 Writing this reality or reading it is one thing; accepting it is another. Are you wrestling with the struggles of life today, knowing that changing your circumstances is not one of your options? You’re not alone; the difficulty of accepting life as it is rather than as was expected is the reason few choose the road less traveled—the place where we face life on life’s terms.”
At your Death, What Will People Say?
June 19, 2019 by Kevin Carson
“As I fly home from David Powlison’s memorial service, this is the question on my mind. “What will people say when I die?” I pass it on to you. What will people say when you die?
Today, I sat through an almost three-hour memorial service for David Powlison. In it, members of the family, personal friends, representatives from CCEF, and a pastor all spoke. In whole, God received the glory, Christ was exalted, and our friend was honored.”