By Linda Tancs
I can’t hear funeral bells without thinking of that beautiful line from the poem of poet and clergyman John Donne: “Do not send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” Throughout history bells have been symbolic. Depending on the culture or the circumstance, they can signify beginnings or endings, a call to order or even a command or a warning. As Donne observed, we are all connected; one person’s death diminishes all of us. Theologically, we are one body with many members (1 Corinthians 12:12-27). The next time you hear bells, think of the work you’re called to do in the Kingdom of God.
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