Tag: death

• VOICES OF THE DEAD ON YOUR PHONE

  When people die, it is tragic.  Sometimes there are events that happen after a loved one dies that almost seem as hard as the original pain of loss.   My newest short story features that kind of event–the ripping away of the scab that has barely begun to heal.  It is available right now for only…

  Jamie Greening

  March 5, 2014

  Books, Church, Culture, Writing

  Associated Press, cell phone companies, cell phones, death, grief, lost voicemails, pastoral ministry, Rod Serling, short stories, The Last Message, tragedy, voicemail

• ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT

  Why are Lent and Ash Wednesday a good idea?  This is a post from a previous year that I am re-posting today because, obviously, it is Ash Wednesday that, for me, helps answer some of that question.    ********************************** This is the week that we Christians who follow a liturgical pattern of the year mark…

  Jamie Greening

  March 5, 2014

  Bible, Church, Culture

  Ash Wednesday, ashes, church, death, fasting, Jesus, Lent, mortality, prayer, repentance, Sin

• TICK TOCK WRITING ON THE CLOCK

  Last week my new short story hit the digital shelves.  It is  being sold as a bundle for $2.99 with two other stories, each selected by me.  My publisher asked me to select two previous stories and then group them under one topic.  I thought about going with a monster motif and doing my two…

  Jamie Greening

  June 25, 2013

  All, Books, Church, Culture, Writing

  Baptists, death, Elwha dam removal, Hebrews 9:27, pastoral ministry, Sandy Creek

• CELEBRATING A DEATH

  Never in my life have I celebrated a person’s death.  Never. I confess, at times, to being indifferent—particularly celebrities.  The media go super-crazy when celebrities like Liz Taylor or Michael Jackson die.  Celebrities have no impact on my life so their death means less to me than, say, the beloved saint who has been wrestling…

  Jamie Greening

  May 2, 2011

  Culture

  9-11, celebrating death, death, hope, hopeful, justice, King David, Navy Seals, Osama Bin Laden, Psalm 37, September 11