
Yesterday was the worst Monday we’ve seen in this country in a long time
given the way the 24 hour cable news cycle, social media, and the
delivery of headlines to our smartphones work. My phone has blown up
with bad news starting before the crack of dawn. The w
orst mass shooting in history took place in Las Vegas at a country music show. On top of that, rocker Tom Petty
died in his California home of a cardiac arrest. And right behind the
sad headlines have come prayers (thankfully) which have been drastically
outnumbered by mean comments disparaging the dead. So so sad.
It’s very common these days when a preacher speaks at a funeral, that he
has to give a definition of a eulogy. Here’s what it is:
“Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.”
Friends, this is what we do when people die, even if we don’t know them
personally. If we don’t like them, we don’t say anything. That’s how to
be a good human. Let’s work on that, you and I. Let’s try to be good
humans. What do you say?
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