Saturday, January 22, 2005
Irony...
OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — A Presbyterian minister collapsed and died at the pulpit after saying “And when I go to heaven...,” his colleague said.
The Rev. Jack Arnold, 69, was nearing the end of his sermon Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church when he grabbed the podium before falling to the floor, said the Rev. Michael S. Beats, the church’s associate pastor.
Before collapsing, Arnold quoted the 18th-century Bible scholar John Wesley who said, “Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus,” Beats said in a telephone interview.
We will not all have such a sense of finality, resolution and "a job well done" (lest I dare quote straight from Jesus and say that "all is accomplished")... when WE go, I am afraid...
Not if dirty bombs, bio-chemical warfare and nukes are employed to obliterate us all! Nope...!
The Rev. Jack Arnold, 69, was nearing the end of his sermon Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church when he grabbed the podium before falling to the floor, said the Rev. Michael S. Beats, the church’s associate pastor.
Before collapsing, Arnold quoted the 18th-century Bible scholar John Wesley who said, “Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus,” Beats said in a telephone interview.
We will not all have such a sense of finality, resolution and "a job well done" (lest I dare quote straight from Jesus and say that "all is accomplished")... when WE go, I am afraid...
Not if dirty bombs, bio-chemical warfare and nukes are employed to obliterate us all! Nope...!
