How to Comfort Someone After an Unexpected, Sudden Death By: John Thurman Introduction How do you comfort someone who has just experienced the sudden and unexpected death of a child, spouse, or family member? Since the Texas floods on July 4, 2025,...
Me prepping the chocolate. For those of us who’ve lost a parent or family member, particularly around the holidays, this time of year can have some rough patches as we remember our loved ones. In December of 2015, I received a call from my sister that my mom, Mary...
(c) 2019 John Thurman El Paso Memorial, Tuesday Recently America experiences a weekend was filled with horror, death, fear, anxiety, panic, and dread as news spread of the El Paso shootings and the second shock of the shootings in Dayton. Even as this tragic news was...
Funerals are mandatory, weddings are optional.Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Leadership, 2005 Jerry Evans, a man who was admired by so many for his love of life, his expertise in business and ministry, his passion for encouraging those in ministry and for sharing the Gospel,...
This will be the first Father’s Day that we will not be able to talk. He left this earth just a few weeks after my momma passed away. My Dad, J.H. (Howdy) Thurman died on January 11, 2017. Being the first born to my family, Dad and I had a long, rewarding...
Photo (c) 2015 Danny Gilleland Dad and I This will be an intermittent series in that I will occasionally post on the process I am experiencing to help some of you work through your losses as we journey down this path together.Reflections on the loss...
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