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Reverend Mr. Black

Psalm 23 and “The Reverend Mr. Black”

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 Steve Lytle 2 Comments Billy Edd Wheeler, Christianity, Death, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, music, Psalm 23, Songs, The Kingston Trio

I would like to focus on a phrase from the 23rd Psalm, one with which nearly everyone in the Christian

In This Season of Mourning

Poetry Theology

In This Season of Mourning

June 2, 2021June 30, 2021 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Christian Living, Death, Fear, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Liturgy, Loss, Mourning, Pain, Poem, Prayer, Sadness, sickness, Sorrow

A liturgy for those who mourn.

Considerations

Considerations

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Ben Plunkett 4 Comments Death, Faith, God, Home, Medicine, Poetry, sickness

Beyond that, only God can say for certain
what odd roads he will take
There was and still is, much more
to consider than the commencement of his life

Our Heartfelt Goodbye For Now To Benjamin Plunkett

May 1, 2020July 23, 2020 Phill Lytle, Michael Lytle, Gowdy Cannon and Nathan Patton 8 Comments Ben, Benjamin Lloyd Plunkett, Benjamin Plunkett, C.S. Lewis, Death, Friendship, Grief, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien

Rambling Ever On says goodbye for now to one of our own.

Old House

Devotion Theology

The Lord Still Lives in This Old House

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Steve Lytle 3 Comments 1 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, Bill Burns, Coronavirus, Death, Ecclesiastes, Health, Hebrews, Intracranial Hypotension, Matthew, My Redeemer Is Faithful and True, Pandemic, Philippians, Psalm 90, Psalms, Sleep Apnea, Steven Curtis Chapman, The Lord Still Lives in This Old House, Tornado

Working for the Lord until Jesus comes or calls us home.

the journey doesn't end here

The Journey Doesn’t End Here

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Phill Lytle 6 Comments 2 Corinthians, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Death, Eternity, Gandalf, Journey, Peter Gabriel, Pippin Took, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Coronavirus: Five Messages of Encouragement and Comfort

End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path… One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass… And then you see it.

Eternity

Nothing is Guaranteed: Seeing Life Through the Eyes of Eternity

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Death, Eternity, Heaven, Jesus, Kobe Bryant, Redemption, Salvation, Treasure

Death is senseless and life is short. What do we do with that?

Lament

Literature Theology

A Reflection on “Lament for a Son”

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 David Lytle 7 Comments A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis, Death, Grief, Hope, Job, Lament for a Son, Lamenting, Matthew, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Psalm 42, Psalms, Remembering, Resurrection, Revelation

I picked up the book a few weeks after my 14 month-old had passed. What I read crushed my soul, or should I say shined a light on my own crushed soul.

goodbye songs

Leave-Taking: My Favorite Goodbye Songs

July 10, 2019August 7, 2019 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Adam Again, Annie Lennox, Death, Goodbye, Grief, Jimmy Eat World, Madonna, Michael W. Smith, NEEDTOBREATHE, Nouveaux, Peter Gabriel, Sadness, Songs, Sorrow, The Return of the King, Whiteheart

“It’s difficult to say goodbye…” Here are a few of my favorite goodbye songs.

Film The Arts Theology

Reform the Line: Finding Purpose in Failure

July 16, 2018July 29, 2019 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Aragorn, Christian Living, Courage, David, Death, Disappointment, Ecuador, Ed McCully, Elisabeth Elliot, Failure, Faithful, Gimli, Gondor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jim Elliot, Joseph, Legolas, Loss, Missionary, Mordor, Moses, Nate Saint, Obedience, Paul, Peter Fleming, Peter Jackson, Roger Youderian, Rohan, Rohirrim, Suffering, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Theoden, Waodani

When failure is the best thing.

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