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 the school to help the grief counseling team and being a band dad (I help transport the marching band instruments, do set up, etc…) and she was in the band, I spent time there. To make matters worse, we had a similar accident last year about the same time, and another girl was kllled. She was a member of our youth group, a senior, very active. <\/p>\n
Needless to say, the school is stunned, and kids are asking all the usual questions: why did God “take” her, what if she hadn’t been driving along, I didn’t know her so should I feel sad,… you may know what I’m talking about. After a day of grief counseling and talking with my own son, I’m just a little drained and distracted from what I had planned for this weekend’s podcast.<\/p>\n
I’m going to take a turn in our wanderings for the next podcast and do one aimed dealing with teenage loss and grief as a resource for our local kids. Not all are “church kids”, not all feel comfortable going to a pastor and asking weird questions, venting anger, questioning God. So I’m going to go that direction.<\/p>\n
Bear with me our situation up here and I hope you find it helpful in deal with the grief you experience or try to help others with.<\/p>\n
Do not fear – I’ll get back to our next postmodern community, a Christian postmodern community that I think you will find very interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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