Lament is needed because this world is still groaning—it is longing for the day of its redemption and renewal—and as pastors, our responsibility is to help shepherd our people as long as they abide in this mortal frame.
This Past Sunday I attended yet another virtual funeral. It is my third in the last few months in which someone close to me has succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic. A lament I’ve felt the sting of this virus 5 times on a personal level. My best friend, a Church planter in South Africa and his wife fought the virus. In one poignant moment, I received a voice mail from him as he quite literally sounded like he was fighting to breathe and could simply suffocate at any moment. That is a sound I won’t soon forget. Then, there was...
It’s been an awful week in our community and province. Nova Scotia is in trauma level shock and soul level pain. Our sister provinces and our country share in the grief. Is there anywhere we can turn to find rest even as we weep and feel the horror of perpetrated evil? There is Hurt Over this last week, we continued to see the rise of COVID-19 related deaths in our neighbourhood. Up the street from my house, there is a nursing care facility where currently 60% of all deaths in our province from this virus have been traced. We have...
For those grappling with grief and the pain of loss, Christmas can be anything but pleasant.
