This is a life we've never known. To live a life where there is no denial. The cross breaks the back of our denial. It tells us that without the active intervention of God our life is dust. I watch my daughter's car's taillights vanish in the fog down the driveway.
People die on the roads around here all the time.
A friend of hers lost a mother right in front of McDonald's. And the One God that changes it all. Time to work on that sermon. Dave Echelbarger is a Lutheran pastor, an avid outdoorsman and former Marinette resident who now resides in the far reaches of the Upper Peninsula. His column appears Saturdays.