That thin line ...
I was once again confronted with mortality this week.
Somehow you don't feel as much when an elderly person passes away. After all, one can always rationalise that his time is up. But can we say the same of one who is fit and healthy? One whose life seemed to be just taking off?
A classmate of mine passed away this week ... in his sleep. When we heard the news, we were incredulous and it took a while (a long while in fact) for the news to sink in. One of my friends even went to the mortuary to confirm it.
I visited his funeral wake last night. It was a surreal experience to see him in the coffin. He had crossed that thin line between life and death.
I think back to my own cousin who passed away at 17 years of age, an acquaintance who passed away at 25 years old, and another colleague's husband who died recently at 35 years. And I am reminded of my own near-death experience 2 years ago. Will I be ready when the time comes to cross over?
"What is theology?" I asked that question in July this year.
In the light of what has happened since ...
"Theology is about knowing God, about knowing where I am and will be going, about telling others of my destination and bringing them along with me."
To what end, theology?
THAT THIN LINE.
Somehow you don't feel as much when an elderly person passes away. After all, one can always rationalise that his time is up. But can we say the same of one who is fit and healthy? One whose life seemed to be just taking off?
A classmate of mine passed away this week ... in his sleep. When we heard the news, we were incredulous and it took a while (a long while in fact) for the news to sink in. One of my friends even went to the mortuary to confirm it.
I visited his funeral wake last night. It was a surreal experience to see him in the coffin. He had crossed that thin line between life and death.
I think back to my own cousin who passed away at 17 years of age, an acquaintance who passed away at 25 years old, and another colleague's husband who died recently at 35 years. And I am reminded of my own near-death experience 2 years ago. Will I be ready when the time comes to cross over?
"What is theology?" I asked that question in July this year.
In the light of what has happened since ...
"Theology is about knowing God, about knowing where I am and will be going, about telling others of my destination and bringing them along with me."
To what end, theology?
THAT THIN LINE.
