Facing the Inevitable

Die early or grow old; there is no other alternative. And yet, as Goethe said, "Age takes hold of us by surprise."

Heedless Knowledge

Man always knows his life will shortly cease,

Yet madly lives as if he knew it not.

Coming or Going?

A little boy was sitting in a Sunday school class, listening to his teacher describe how in the beginning of creation, God made mankind from the dust ...

Live Each Day as Your Last

The greatest thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though our world might ...

Child's Perspective on Death

My 4-year-old granddaughter and I were talking one day about death. Her grandfather has cancer and I wanted to prepare her for the inevitable. She didn't ...