I spent part of the last two days at a local hospital.
Johnny and Erin Pleasant (two very close friends), welcomed their first child into the world: Logan Palmer Pleasant. He's a beautiful healthy boy. He weighed six pounds and measured in, if my memory is correct, at 19 inches. He's already a Duke fan, I'm told, just like his daddy.
Another young family from our church welcomed their fifth child into this world a few rooms down the hall from the Pleasant family.
Just two floors below them, a young twenty-four year old woman (whose parents are rock solid members of our church community) lost her life after she suffered a brain aneurysm while giving birth to her first child: a sweet young girl named Skylar Nicole. Skylar's dad, widower and first time dad at the tender age of twenty-four, is now left to pick up the pieces of death's cruel destruction.
This is one of the worst tragedies I've witnessed in eight years of ministry. Words only make things worse in this scenario. If you are interested in helping young Skylar and her father (Alan), you can give a tax-deductible gift to:
Skylar Nicole Trust
Charter One Bank
27375 23 Mile Road
Chesterfield, MI 48051
"Humans do not lose control. We lose the illusion that we were ever in control in the first place."
Please wait one moment . . .
About the Book (The Feast)
About Me
- Josh Graves
- Nashville, TN, United States
- I'm the best friend of Kara, father of Lucas, minister, author (The Feast), life-long Piston fan . . . I am the Preaching and Teaching Minister for the Otter Creek Church (Nashville) and I am working on a doctorate degree (second year) at Columbia Seminary studying the relationship of postmodernism and Christianity.
Some of Josh's Published Work (essays, books, articles, reviews)
Links
- Barbara Brown Taylor
- Brian D. McLaren
- Bronx Fellowship of Christ
- Chris Lindsey
- Columbia Seminary
- Donald Miller
- Doug Sanders
- Dry Bones--Denver
- Duke Chapel
- Focus: HOPE
- Greg Boyd
- Greg Stevenson
- Greg Taylor
- Jason Steckel
- Jesus Creed
- Jinja Mission Team
- John Mark Hicks
- John York
- Jonathan Storment
- Josh Ross
- Kara Graves (My wife and best friend)
- Kibo Group
- Larry James Urban Daily
- Lauren Winner
- Lee Camp
- Luke Norsworthy
- Mark and Lori Manry
- Mark Love (Missional Church)
- Mike Cope
- My Twitter Page
- New Wineskins Magazine
- Otter Creek Church
- Patrick Mead
- Randy Speck
- Rochester Church
- Rochester College
- Rubel Shelly
- Sean Palmer
- Stockman Family
- The One Campaign
- TOKENS (Lee Camp and the Arts)
- Wade Hodges
- Walter Surdacki
- Will Willimon
6 comments:
I'll be praying that God comforts and leads Skylar and her daddy in the days ahead. I'll also be praying that God uses you in a "Powerful" way to minister to them.
My goodness! In one day I've complained how about how much I owe in hospital bills, the fact that I have to pay $3.50 a gallon for gas, the neighbors barking dog, junk mail I've received [ad nauseum] and then I read your last post about this tragedy. Have mercy on me Lord for not understanding the depth of my blessings.
Thanks Josh for sharing this and know that Alan will be taken care of even in such a loss. God has a way of "showing off" his blessings in such times.
HE give and takes away.
Jamie and barecycles: Thanks for the note. I am really hoping people feel the burden to contribute to the Trust set-up for young Skylar.
Anonymous: I can handle it, but I hope you are never in a pastoral situation that would prompt you to utter those words.
Josh,
Your post shattered my heart. I honestly don't know what would I have done with Leslie gone at Isabella's birth. Although our finances are limited with one working and three at home, we want to help in any other way possible. Food, staying over night with the baby so the father can rest, watching her during the day so the daddy can work, etc. Let me know what can be done, please.
Josh - I'm hearing you're passion for the trust fund, and I didn't mean to overlook it. I'll do some work here to get the word and info out.
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