Just the other day I saw this picture, a billboard remembrance of Billy Graham, posted in a Tweet. “Gone home” brought back memories of the spurious teaching and preaching I have been under for many years regarding the end of one’s life. If we say “home is where the heart is” then yes, Billy Graham…
2011, Lent. Last night I received the external mark of penitence with the imposition of ashes: the sign of the cross placed on my forehead. I was reminded: “Dust you are and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19). After the imposition of the ashes our congregation knelt and we confessed sin. The rector…