A light departs

I feel led to share that Professor Alan Groves of Westminster Theological Seminary passed away on Monday February 5.

Many people die of cancer every year, and perhaps some even chronicle the process eloquently, but I think this year-long blog which articulately and warmly relates the story of a family facing the certain death of the father, is remarkable and very moving:

http://www.algroves.info

I particularly recommend the first few entries, leading up to and including the day (February 21, 2006) on which they discovered that a melanoma removed over a year earlier had metastasized to Al's lungs, and the last few entries before his death (from January 23, 2007 or so). I find them inspiring.