Let Them Be Not Forgotten: Eulogies Written in a Country Churchyard 1974 - 2015

by Michael Smathers

Overview

Let Them Be Not Forgotten is a book of funeral eulogies and meditations collected over forty years of ministry by the author. It is intended to keep alive the memories of some of those he has helped bury. For the Christian, the grave represents not only the end of life on earth, but also the first step into a new existence. This book is designed to help the living maintain Communion with those Saints that have gone before them. It may also be of interest to genealogists and others who find it enlightening and edifying to study the past lives of their ancestors and predecessors. The book not only illuminates the lives of those profiled, but weighs the heft of their character, the breadth of their contribution to their community, and the spirituality of their souls.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781514456859
Publisher:	Xlibris US
Publication date:	02/29/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	398
File size:	509 KB

About the Author

Mike Smathers is a retired pastor, non-profit developer and administrator. He and his father before him pastored Calvary Church of Big Lick, Presbyterian for a total of 46 years. He has degrees from the College of Wooster, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the University of Kentucky. He was founding Coordinator of the Southern Appalachian Leadership Training (SALT) program and is Founder of Creative Compassion, Inc., a low-income housing developer. He has previously published the book Adventurers in Faith, and articles or chapters in Voices from the Mountains, Appalachia in Transition, Southern Exposure, and Mountain Life and Work.