One of my closest friends with whom I worked had just seen his beloved wife and the start of their family abruptly and tragically die in front of his eyes. My world was thrown into utter chaos and confusion. Her life and that of their expected son ended in that dining room. She had fallen to the floor in mid-sentence while talking to one of our friends. A valve in Lellie’s heart had collapsed suddenly. We found Lellie lying lifeless on the dining room floor. He had just told me what they planned to name the child, when a terrifying scream came from the front of the house. John and I stood on the back porch of the home where the shower was held while he told me that they had just learned they were expecting a boy. Everyone at the shower was talking about the new arrival that our friends were expecting. The shower was held about five weeks after his arrival. Our son came three weeks early, forcing the rescheduling of a planned baby shower for us. About the time that he was born, two very close friends, John and Lellie, learned that they were also expecting a child. That spring we welcomed the arrival of our son to our home. Greene’s faith story – In 1994, my wife and I were both tenured professors at the University of Georgia with careers successfully launched in academia.

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