Mi Abuelito/My Grandfather

Aaron Krager's grandfather just passed. I wrote this over on faitfully liberal.

Thanks for this thoughtful post. I remember a sermon where the minister was talking about death and said we all can’t get past one invevitable fact: “You Die.” That reverberated around my head quite a bit, and still does to this day.

But there is great wonder and hope in death. My grandfather’s death convinced me that i needed to follow his example and go back to church. There, I found a different Jesus than the unapproachable Son of God from my youth. The preacher spoke of healing personal wounds, ending poverty, fighting homophobia….it was an awakening to the true message of Jesus. Although I miss him dearly some seven years later, I know that his death opened up a new world for me leading me down a very different and much more promising path.

to check out the whole thing:
http://www.faithfullyliberal.com/?p=783