Pastor Grant M. VanderVelden shared this message during the funeral for Timothy Gene Gress on Monday, January 8, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon, Iowa. Scholarship commentary, and reflection by M. Eugene Boring, Scott Hoezee, and Dennis Linn inform the message. Reading the Bible is as much about challenge as it is about comfort,Continue reading “‘We’re All Good Goats’”
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Pastoral Meditation: Times and Seasons
Pastor Grant M. VanderVelden shared this message at the funeral for Jerry W. Ewing on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. The message arises from Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 – For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, andContinue reading “Pastoral Meditation: Times and Seasons”
Funeral meditation: What’s in a Name?
One of the occupational hazards of being a pastor is sometimes only getting to “meet” people in death. And so it goes with Kenny and me. Due to his death, I’m just now coming to know who Kenny was and what he was all about. And that saddens me. Because I’ve come to realize something that all of you already know: Kenny was one mighty special guy who made a difference in the lives of many others.