diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say. ~ Matthew Trump

Saturday, November 2, 2002

Faith is the translation of difficulty into the language and action of hope. Faith receives, endures and transforms unattractive, even devastating, episodes and passages by the confidence that one's life has meaning that is grander than any awesome adversary. The substances of that meaning reside within us and our circumstances, but its fuller realization races beyond us. Wiser travelers than I report that faith's potential pulses within us, but its source emanates from beyond us. It rises from springs of reality that are deeper than we are deep and reaches towards images of hope that we have not yet envisioned. ~ Browning Ware, Diary of a Modern Pilgrim [dws.] 1:25:40 AM    comment []

From today's celebration of Browning Ware: Words from Suzanne Ware Luper Words from Camille Ware Kress "Browning used short sentences to paint big pictures.", Milton Cunningham "His enemies were not ... his ... enemies", Milton Cunningham "My illness has not been in vain, for in this time I have learned to pray.", Browning Ware, Oct 2002, as quoted by Jerry Brock [dws.] 1:25:29 AM    comment []

"Not Answers, but The Answerer", by Browning Ware "New Address: Cabin in the High Country", by Joe Phelps "Reflections on Browning Ware", by Larry Bethune "One Who Was Able", by John Stanley Browning Ware: 1928-2002 1:25:19 AM    comment []

Dr. Browning Worth Ware, Pastor Emeritus at First Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, died on October 29, 2002. Dr. Ware graduated from Baylor University in 1950 and received his Doctorate in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1961, and was a Merrill Fellow at Harvard Divinity School in 1984. He served pastorates in Satin, Denton, Hubbard, Cleburne, Beaumont and retired in 1996 from First Baptist in Austin. A celebration of his life will be held at First Baptist Church Austin, 901 Trinity, on November 1 at 3pm. Internment will follow in the Texas State Cemetery, 909 Navasota. Visitation will be Thursday October 31 from 4-6pm at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 North Lamar. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the First Baptist Church Austin,Caritas or Hospice Austin. Dr. Ware is survived by his wife Juanell; daughters Suzanne Luper of Wake Forest, NC and Camille Kress of Austin, TX; grandchildren Jenny Corrine Luper, Max Roberts Luper, Caleb Browning Kress, and Molly Mayer Kress; brothers Weston Ware and Broadman Ware; and former wife Dr. Corinne Roberts Ware. His son Brooks Browning Ware, a brother Conwell (Connie) Ware, and his parents J. W. and Myrtle Barber Ware predeceased him. From First Baptist Church Austin website [dws.] 1:25:08 AM    comment []