Welcome to Telegrams From Heaven
W. H. Auden offers condolences to a grieving friend. We’ve transcribed his telegram into an easier to read experience. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks for dropping by.
Dear Friend I once said that a professor is someone who talks in other people's sleep. Unfortunately, the statement is just as true today as when I uttered it. But in the case of your recently departed family member, my jest does not apply. He was not the "normal" college professor. He had a passion for teaching, a heart for his students, and a deep love for his family. He was regarded highly by his peers and will be missed by many. "About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;" Your pain and suffering are noticed by those who care, those who love you, those who are focused on the eternal. May you have peace and comfort at your time of loss. W. H. Auden This post is written in honor of Professor Gregory Boyd, killed in an automobile accident near Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 25, 2019. Professor Boyd, a Murray State College math professor, was on his way to teach a class when the accident occurred. Professor Boyd, a husband, father and grandfather, was an academic leader with a passion for teaching math, especially to those students who didn’t believe they could understand the subject. He is related to a dear friend. May he rest in peace.
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Through brief, focused and topical messages, Telegrams From Heaven intends to encourage, entertain and inspire our neighbors around the world. We want to provide hope and inspiration.
The “authors” of each Telegram From Heaven are men and women of accomplishment who lived in the ancient or recent past. Each were known for their faith, or at least the potential for faith during their lifetimes. They are from around the globe, from every walk of life, and their life stories are inspiring and encouraging. We believe these stories offer powerful messages that might help change lives in some small or meaningful way, even if just to improve your walk with God, or to realize someone cares enough to send you a Telegram From Heaven.
The word “heaven” inspires limitless definitions among the religious and non-religious. A few examples include “the home of God,” “a setting of ultimate perfection in the clouds,” or “a place where the resurrection bodies and departed souls of believers spend eternity.” Most often the word conjures up images of ornate, opulent buildings and streets paved with gold. Of beauty, of paradise, of a heavenly kingdom.
Most Christians believe it is a real place, separate from Earth. Others are convinced it is close enough for its inhabitants to reveal themselves miraculously to the living.
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