May 21, 2016
May 21, 2001 and May 21, 2008 have something in common, and I remember that today, May 21, 2016. Those are the days on which our children died–my son Joshua and John & Maggy Dobbs’ son John Robert. The memories are painful and today we will each remember, commemorate, and reflect. I pray for peace […]
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Pastoral Care | Tagged: Death, Grief, Suffering, Theodicy |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 26, 2016
Good Friday, and then Easter. But a day is missing in that story. To move from Friday to Sunday we must walk through Saturday. Saturday, however, is a lonely day. Death has won. Hope is lost. Jesus of Nazareth lies in a tomb. His disciples are afraid, hiding, and deeply depressed. Everything in which they […]
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Spirituality, Theology | Tagged: Death, Easter, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Resurrection |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 24, 2016
This past weekend, on February 20, I was honored to participate in the memorial service of a godly woman in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Rose Marie Paden–the beloved mother of the Paden boys and girls, and the second mother of the Hicks boys and girl–passed from this life on February 12, 2016. In 1953, Rose Marie […]
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Theology, Uncategorized | Tagged: Death, Eschatology, Hymns, Intermediate State |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 8, 2016
[Hear this sermon at here.] When Jesus saw Mary wailing in grief and saw the others with her—both men and women—visibly sobbing, a deep anger welled up within his spirit, and he roused himself and asked them, “Where have you laid him?” They responded, “Come and see.” Then Jesus burst into tears. As a result, […]
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Biblical Texts, Pastoral Care | Tagged: Christology, Death, Eschatology, Grief, John 11:35, Pastoral Care, Resurrection, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 21, 2015
May 21 is an anniversary date for me. Joshua died on that day in 2001. Many friends helped. Mark and Margo Black were there, Rubel and Myra Shelly were there, Mike Cope was there a few days before as well as John York, and we were surrounded by many others (including my Woodmont Hills Bible […]
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Pastoral Care, Personal | Tagged: Comfort, Death, Grief, Job, Joshua Mark Hicks, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks