FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Not Everything Can Be Fixed

"When Elizabeth Edwards announced last week that her cancer had returned, Leroy Sievers noted how familiar her words were to anyone who's had cancer: "It's a chronic disease; it can be managed. But there is no cure." Web Extra: Read the 'My Cancer' blog"

I have been following this journal on NPR for some time. I remember when i took training as a hospice chaplain. The instructor wrote, in bold letters on the board, "FIX IT."

Then she said, "You can't."

She then proceeded to explain what our ministry was as people who walk alongside the dying and their families.

We pray that Elizabeth Edwards is not dying, but she does has something that cannot be fixed. How does that sort of material impact your approach to preaching the good news in the midst of crisis?