October 4, 2026

“Healing Honor” – Rev. Chuck Rush

Grief is one of the deepest wounds we carry, and the old saying that “time heals all wounds” is not true. What heals is redemption, and we find it together when we honor those we have lost. Scripture calls us to “bear one another’s burdens” and to comfort others as God has comforted us.

Grief cries out at the absence of someone we love. Gratitude remembers how that person filled our lives: the laughter, the lessons, the ways they brought out the best in us. Honoring them means more than nostalgia. It means carrying their values and character forward, letting their love keep shaping us and others as we step into a new and different future. Grieving together in community is how we become the face of God for one another.

Find the full sermon here. Scripture: Galatians 6:2; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4; Isaiah 40:1.