Thursday, July 19, 2007
A Rich Heritage
It’s a rich heritage… my cousin Jeannene refers to it in her excellent book: From This Rock, as the soundtrack of our lives. It’s an accurate description of how we grew up and more importantly who we grew up with. Some children laughingly say they were “raised by wolves.” Not us. We were raised by giants.
This week we lay Uncle Glen to rest… or more appropriately, we send him home to a great gathering on the other side… No doubt, no worries or fear about his eternity. And while we may not understand much about Heaven, this we know for sure; family is waiting. Jesus has prepared a place for us. I’m confident that a loud and joyous contingent of Denton’s will be ready to welcome Uncle Glen Home. Singing will be part of it all.
Cousins, enjoy this photo of seven of the immediate family; 5 now in Heaven, Dad and Uncle Mark remain with us. The music’s from my ordination service: October, 1989, in Riverside at Central Community. I believe it was the last time the 4 of them sang together in public. I have one other song on my computer- if you want it let me know. I keep them in itunes. The album art is this photo. Album title simply “The Denton Brother’s Quartet.” Where would we have been without them? God is too good.
let's stay in touch,
Eric
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Thanks for the post, Uncle Eric. I have looked upon Papa and his siblings as giants my whole life. They are giants in their faith, and they are giants in the examples that they leave us in ministry as we follow in their footsteps. Glen attended College Park for the last ten years or so, and I came to have a close relationship with him. I will truly miss him, but I will look forward to seeing him again. I will surely teach my children about the giants of Glen's generation, and I am sure that they will see your generation the same way that I saw Glen's.
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