Funeral Service for Hattie Kerry (February 8, 2014) Holy Cross Lutheran Church Rev. Todd A. Peperkorn Psalm 27:4 “At Home†Kenetha, Teanna, Shamari, Rashad, Family and Friends of Hattie, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is from Psalm 27 as follows: “One […]
[Originally posted at I Trust When Dark My Road] “How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep…that have taken hold.†[…]
I often wonder why I get so, uh, curmudgeonly during Christmas time. It is one of the two highest feast days of the Christian Church. The music and Scripture readings for the season are sublime. In every measurable way, it is a time of great joy and happiness. Family gather together. There is festiveness in […]
December 21st is the anniversary of when Kathryn and I lost our son, Emmanuel. It was 2009. And, of course, right before Christmas. Who has time to grieve when there is so much stuff to do? While the death of Nadia always makes me wish others would remember such days, Emmanuel’s death always reminds me […]
2011easter Alleluia! The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! “The last enemy to be destroyed is death†(1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV). Paul really sums up so much of life under the cross with those words. So much of our lives are really about cheating death. Makeup, diets, slimming clothes, bigger or better muscles. […]