For September 4, 2026
Thoughts About Legacy by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
SOMETIMES WE ARE GOVERNED by a heavy heart, not from the events of a particular day, but from the events of a string of days stretching back seemingly endlessly to the beginning of the conscious mind of an entire generation. Each generation has its challenges, carries its burdens, and, for good or ill, or both, leaves its legacy. Each generation begins in innocence, wakens to an ideology of hope and mission, starts with enough energy to run towards that envisioned golden future, slows to the walk of what is possible, and ends on a walker with creaky wheels, wondering what happened. It seems rare indeed that one would be born at the right time to enter a generation on an upswing to a golden age, and to take the ride of life timed to the zenith, and then step into eternity leaving behind the applause and cheers of the next generation(s).