Comments on: Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/07/nobody-gets-out-of-here-alive.html Continuing conversations in the park begun in the autumn of 1969 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lark Hines http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/07/nobody-gets-out-of-here-alive.html/comment-page-1#comment-156 Lark Hines Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:44:27 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=780#comment-156 The "little people" are the most important people. They touch our lives in a personal way that celebrities cannot. Celebrities play an important role in our culture and it can be for good or for bad. It is unfortunate that in recent years it seems that most of the roles celebrities play are for the bad. We need more "little people" who make a real difference in our lives. The “little people” are the most important people. They touch our lives in a personal way that celebrities cannot. Celebrities play an important role in our culture and it can be for good or for bad. It is unfortunate that in recent years it seems that most of the roles celebrities play are for the bad. We need more “little people” who make a real difference in our lives.

]]> By: Christine Clark http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/07/nobody-gets-out-of-here-alive.html/comment-page-1#comment-155 Christine Clark Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:48:03 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=780#comment-155 It is so easy to misplace our priorities. We think that being famous makes a person someone we should admire, when so many celebrities are good examples of what is WRONG with our country! It is so easy to misplace our priorities. We think that being famous makes a person someone we should admire, when so many celebrities are good examples of what is WRONG with our country!

]]> By: Glen Alan Graham http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/07/nobody-gets-out-of-here-alive.html/comment-page-1#comment-154 Glen Alan Graham Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:37:16 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=780#comment-154 Very well written musing on the significance of death for the famous as well as the unknown, Mary Ann! I want to say, "Amen!" to about all of it. I'd just add that for us Christians the death of a dearly beloved isn't only a time to mourn (which when one gets down to it is selfish sadness that we don't get to enjoy the person any more in this life) but also to celebrate the life that just transitioned into eternity. I remember when my wife's best friend of the time in Clarksville passed away after a fierce struggle against cancer, the funeral held in our church was much more a party than a dirge. True, there were some tears of loss, but much more sharing of joyful anecdotes and singing of the triumphant end of her struggle. About that same time I got exposed to the concept that for a cancer struggler (I shy away from "cancer victim"), it's okay to pray for healing, by medical means, by divine miracle -- or by the ULTIMATE healing which is death. Very well written musing on the significance of death for the famous as well as the unknown, Mary Ann! I want to say, “Amen!” to about all of it.

I’d just add that for us Christians the death of a dearly beloved isn’t only a time to mourn (which when one gets down to it is selfish sadness that we don’t get to enjoy the person any more in this life) but also to celebrate the life that just transitioned into eternity. I remember when my wife’s best friend of the time in Clarksville passed away after a fierce struggle against cancer, the funeral held in our church was much more a party than a dirge. True, there were some tears of loss, but much more sharing of joyful anecdotes and singing of the triumphant end of her struggle. About that same time I got exposed to the concept that for a cancer struggler (I shy away from “cancer victim”), it’s okay to pray for healing, by medical means, by divine miracle — or by the ULTIMATE healing which is death.

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