Reflections, Letters, and Poems
by Greg Wright, Father of Stephen Wright


This was our last family picture, taken five months before Stephen died.

• Mourning and Regrets:
  
  
  • Take Me to the Barn, Son, Take Me to the Barn (poem)
    
    
  • Forgiveness: A Lesson Learned From a BMX Biker
    
    
  • We'll Be Home (poem)
    
    
  • Sometimes I've Tried Forgetting (poem)
    

• Enduring the Holidays:
  
  
  • Anniversary of Bereavement
    
    
  • Is Something Wrong With Christmas?
    
    
  • White Water Rafting and Father's Day

• Coping With Doubt:
  
  
  • When the Rain Won't Quit
    
    
  • How Could God Do This?
    
    
  • If Angels Were There Why Didn't They Do Something?
    

• Comfort From God:
  
  
  • A Dog, a Frog, and an Unseen Visitor
    
    
  • The Embrace of God
    
    
  • Immanuel, God With Us
    
    
  • See the Hand of God Is Painting (poem)
    

• Hymns of Faith and Encouragement:
  
  
  • Thy Way Not Mine O Lord, Horatius Bonar
    
    
  • Since I Belong to Thee, by Octavius Winslow, music by Greg Wright
    
    
  • Is It For This, by Octavius Winslow, music by Greg Wright
    
    
  • Whate're my God Ordains is Right
    
    
  • Lord My Weak Thought in Vain Would Climb
    
    
  • O Lord I Would Delight in Thee
    
    
  • 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
    
    
  • Trust and Obey
    
    
  • Jesus Priceless Treasure
    
    
  • Till He Come
    

• Letters to Steve:
  Please note that these letters to Steve were a device for reflection. They were not an attempt to communicate with Steve.
  
  
  • Fourth Month - A Letter From Mom
    
    
  • Fifth Month - Remembering Simple Joys
    
    
  • Seventh Month - The World Trade Center and West Side Story
    
    
  • Did You Hear From Heaven Son - A Baptism Remembered
    

• Unwanted Reminders:
  
  
  • Eight Months of Grief -- It's the Little Things
    
    

• Thinking About Heaven:
  
  
  • Forgiveness, Home, and Memory of a Childhood Prank
    
    

• Encouragement for Others:
  
  
  • Disturb Us Not You Clouds of Gray (poem)
    
    
  • Journey in Faith (poem)
    

• Warning:
  
  
  • Loud Voice -- Soft Voice
    
    
  • My Father and Your Father
    
    
  • You Chose the Termporal for the Real (poem)
    A Song Written in Memory of Those Who Died Without Christ
    And of Those Who Grieve For Them
    
    
  • These Have No Root
    
    
  • Hear Me Young Ones, from Ecclesiastes 12
    

• Priorities Clarified Through Death:
  
  
  • Too Serious About the Wrong Things
    An Address to Young Men
    

• Trusting God:
  
  
  • Thy Will Be Done
    
    
  • How Can I Trust a God Who Lets Bad Things Happen?
    

• The Sanctifying Effect of Grief:
  
  
  • Is Christ Enough?
    
    
  • Where Is God Now?
    

• Facing the Future Through Abiding in Christ:
  
  
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd, by James Bell
    This sermon, delivered on the one year anniversary of Steve's passing, would become our marching orders for the coming year -- an encouragement to find rest and refreshment through close communion with the Good Shepherd.
    
    
  • In My Savior's Arms
    A Poem About Abiding in Christ
    

• Living for the Glory of God
  
  
  • Overcoming Bitterness and Living for the Glory of God
    
    
  • Forgiveness from the Heart