We Do Not Know
A passage of scripture that has become so real to me in the days since the earthquake that has caused such devastation to Haiti is from James 4 . There were some seminarians from the Wartburg and Trinity seminaries of the ELCA in Haiti during the earthquake. One student, Ben Larson , lost his life in the quake. He was a senior, already approved to go into ministry following graduation, and he had a family. We often take for granted the time we have on this earth. I am a second year seminarian spending my January term in Garrett County, MD. Ben was spending his January term in Haiti. I anticipate returning safely to my husband and friends at Gettysburg Seminary to begin the Spring semester. I'm sure Ben anticipated returning to Wartburg for Spring semester, which would have been his last. He was looking toward graduation and first call. As one pastor said this morning, the church has lost a future pastor. The passage from James warns us to not assume what tomorrow will bring. We do...