The thing about Anna that seemed to strike everyone was her hair. It stood straight up off of her head. As she got older and her hair got longer we thought gravity would kick in at some point and bring it down to earth, or at least flat on the top of her head. It reached the point where people—usually at church, for some reason—when seeing Anna would comment on how cute she was, and then turning to us and looking quite serious, would say, “You know, there’s something you can do about her hair.”
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21 09 2008In chapel at Southern seminary two weeks ago I had an interesting experience that gave me a new insight into worship and confession. Since Anna’s death, we have found worship difficult. Listening to the word of God preached has always been a blessing. It is often difficult, but it is always good. Singing music has been more difficult and not always as much of a blessing. We have found much of the music more banal than we did before Anna’s death. It expresses a faith far too casual and breezy for where we are right now.
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A Friend Comments on Anna’s Life and Death
19 09 2008A friend of ours wrote about Anna after Anna’s memorial service in Richmond, VA back in May. She asks the question, “How can our lives, like Anna’s, reflect God’s glory,” and gives some practical steps. Please check it out.
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Anna, Shakespeare, and the Significance of a Life
18 09 2008I think Anna’s love for Shakespeare began from listening to a cassette in our car. It was part of a large series of stories on cassette told by an expert story-teller. He took famous stories from history and literature and retold them, skillfully dramatizing the various characters. This story teller told two stories by Shakespeare—The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We had a few books at home that retold the Shakespeare stories for children and Anna devoured each of them, developing a decided bias for Shakespeare’s comedies over his histories and tragedies.
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