In the midst of loss, we search for ways to cope and connect. My father, Rob McLeod, passed away last week. I miss my dad deeply and want to remember him well. But I also want to remember that while he is gone, he is not lost - he is safe in the arms of Christ, and that the promise of Christ is that death doesn't get the last word - "I am the resurrection and the Life," he tells his friends at Bethany, "whoever believes in me, though he dies will be alive." This is our hope, and it means that in the end, Christ is victorious. So this isn't a eulogy - it's just a reflection on what it means to have hope alongside sorrow, to find light in sadness.
The initial chant comes from the Burial Anthems of the Book of Common Prayer.
The Reading is from Isaiah 25:6-9
