Kenton J. Kutney

An Introduction: Look, I know you're busy and reading takes up that precious time after which many other things are clamoring.  Even as you read this you may feel too rushed to continue. Please do.    I can hardly even get a reply from some leaders about books they'd recommend without hounding them repeatedly - let alone getting them to share insights they have gleaned. That troubles me. It makes me wonder just how much we're really reading and how widely.  How do you explore the interior world of your life,  peer into the mist of who we really are?  Can you Google that? (Actually, I did Google how to grow inwardly and came up with a site on ingrown toenails.)  One of the best ways to grow is through studies of other lives - the flow of time over an emerging life and the wisdom that it draws out.  We can learn a great deal from the lives of other leaders, through their study and through their stories.  The way to become a better  writer, and speaker, is to read and write

The following exerpts are an attempt to offer some comfort and insight into the inevitable loss we all experience as a part of life. It does not pretend to be the last word on the subject. With permission they are shared to extend hope to others. ...Our hearts are saddened to hear the news of your brother's passing.  I want to encourage you in these times of grieving when you wish so desperately that you could have done more to minister to his faith.   There's no end to that kind of thinking and the enemy just wants to get you down. You did the most important thing - you were there for him.  Visiting and sharing love.  Praying for him.  God is in control, not us. God loves him even more than you and He is faithful. Your brother is in His loving arms.  You didn't do anything wrong.  You ministered in love.   Jesus said when we visit the sick in their time of need it is as though we were doing it unto Him.    God bless you in this difficult time.  Ma