by Steve Sheely | Dec 17, 2011 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog, Worldwide Candlelight Service
As pastor I am careful not to assume everyone feels as joyful as I do. And vice versa. The expectation that you have to be happy is not a gracious one. It’s about jingle bells and big plates full of cookies. It’s about hilariously over-the-top sweaters and houses...
by Steve Sheely | Sep 17, 2011 | Pastors Blog
The loss of parents changes everything. Through the grief there comes a transformation, unsmiling and mostly forced. It truly is a new chapter. A new life. A new existence. Two weeks ago my father lay dying at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa due to the progression of...
by Steve Sheely | Jul 17, 2011 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog
Each drop weighs more than a full bucket. To release them brings lightness. But they return. And the process continues until the day when you notice they aren’t as heavy as they used to be. Yesterday I spent half an hour sitting in my truck. I was in the parking lot...
by Steve Sheely | Jun 17, 2011 | Pastors Blog
Pentecost 2011. We live in the woods. Quite frequently we remember that we are the outsiders. Some creatures avoid us. Some try to get in the house. Some do get in the house. Some are given names and toys and are asked to stay. “Let’s get three cats!” Four words....
by Steve Sheely | May 16, 2011 | Pastors Blog
What happens when you realize that no matter how many you kill there are always more ready to take their place? Sunday night I was, like you, fixated on my television. After almost ten years the man behind the most heinous mass murders in modern history had been...
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