Death can take a holiday

Rev. John Hicks Guest Columnist The holiday season is approaching. Holidays can be difficult for some people. I have friends who have lost children. It’s always hard for parents to bury a child. The death of a child seems to violate the natural order of things. But so does the loss of a husband and father and grandfather, a wife, a mother and grandmother, or a special friend, especially when the parting is unexpected. I have experienced this loss over the holidays a number of times in my l