Archive for the 'Death and Dying' Category

Wired Jesus Podcast #45 – 99 Balloons and Holy Ground

I can’t believe it – no podcast since August? Well, here’s a new podcast and more to come in the next two weeks. As I said in the previous post, 99 Balloons is a powerful video and once you see it, you can’t get it out of your head but for the best [...]

99 Balloons

Yesterday my wife asked me if I had seen 99 Balloons on YouTube yet. I said no, but I saw it on MTV years ago in German.
Turns out she was not talking about Nena and 99 Luftballoons but rather something she had seen on Oprah.
I have to be honest. I’m not an Oprah [...]

Sad Day

As most of you noticed, its been a month since the last podcast and there have been a number of issues we have been having to deal with as a family. At the front of the line was Junepi, one of our two dogs, who suddenly began to lose weight and have all kinds [...]

Wired Jesus Podcast #18 – Teens, Tragedy, and God

Here is the podcast that reflects primarily on the recent death of a teenager in my community and how Christians sometimes are completely unable to deal with tragedy. In light of the the emails I received, I decided to take a new turn in the podcast – a little more reflective than observational, more [...]

A Crappy Day

You know, some days the sun shines here in NW Ohio but the day stinks anyway. Got word this morning that a senior at our local high school was killed in a car wreck – pulled out in front of a semi and killed instantly. Being a local pastor, I was called into [...]

Rest In Peace, John Paul II

I have to admit, I was worried about the close proximity of the deaths of Terri Schiavo and the Pope would really become a clouded mess. Instead, I think the Pope’s death transformed the whole sitution from a legal battle to a spiritual discussion of meaning in the face of suffering and death. [...]

Wired Jesus Podcast #5 – The Carnival of Death

After a week break, I’m back with a new podcast – my reflections on the whole Teri Schiavo fiasco. No wired links on this one but since it can be found on nearly every blog, many podcasts, and the news, I’m sure you have your own. When President Bush is talking about creating [...]