Emphasis Preaching Journal
One of the most mysterious...
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One of the most mysterious paradoxes -- also one of the most difficult truths to hear -- can also set us free. We hear throughout our lives that eventually we will die. When we are unable to ignore altogether this truth, the idea quietly and sometimes noisily badgers us.
A year ago, Frank Brauninger, the grand old man of the Brauninger clan -- whom none of us considered old in his mid-70s and whose longevity we had always assumed would match that of his father's 99 years of life, but who definitely was grand of spirit -- informed us of his truth.
A year ago, Frank Brauninger, the grand old man of the Brauninger clan -- whom none of us considered old in his mid-70s and whose longevity we had always assumed would match that of his father's 99 years of life, but who definitely was grand of spirit -- informed us of his truth.
