Emphasis Preaching Journal

In a sermon for Easter, William Willimon, the former chapel dean at Duke University, referred to a campus tragedy. Amy, a student, had died in a freak bus accident. Many students, particularly her friends and dorm-mates were grief-stricken. The university brought in a therapist who invited the students to gather and express together their grief and anger. The therapist's assessment, after listening to them, was positive: "You're doing exactly what you should be doing, you're grieving. You're progressing quite nicely.