The eulogy focuses on Ed, the speaker's younger brother, and shares a brief story about their conversation at a brewery after attending a home show. In the story, Ed explains the complexity of blood and wine in a way that only a chemist could. This moment revealed Ed's ability to simplify complex topics. While chemistry was complex for Ed, he had mastered the simplicity of Christianity by receiving God's grace through faith. The eulogy encourages embracing Christianity's simplicity like a child in order to gain eternal life, as Ed had done.
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Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
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Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
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Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
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Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
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Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
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Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
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Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
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Simplifying the Complex
1. October 8 2015 – Eulogy for James Edward Cwynar
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God’s grace, peace and mercy be with you. … On behalf of
Ilonha, John and our immediate and extended families, I thank
you for gathering with us this morning for this Mass of Christian
Burial for my brother, Ed.
I have heard 500 eulogies throughout my life and do not
remember one. You may not have heard 500, but may remember
as many as I have. I hope to send you from here with one you can
finally remember.
Ed was my younger brother by 19 months. When you have
known a person your entire life and spent nearly every day of the
first twenty years of your life with him, you cannot eulogize him in
a few short words. Yet, if I eulogize Ed with too many words, I risk
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turning an extraordinary life into one sounding mundane. So,
allow me to share one brief moment in our lives.
Not long after our mother died, Ed and I embarked on a
total house makeover. In 2007, we attended a home show at
the Pittsburgh Convention Center. Afterwards, we decided to
try the food and beer at The Church Brew Works. As we
enjoyed our meal and discussed possibilities of our house
makeover, I asked Ed about the beer chart on the wall. He
explained the chart as only a chemist could.
A minute later Ed asked, “Do you know what the
second most complex liquid on the planet is?” … Yeah, like I
knew! … “No,” I replied. Ed answered, “Wine.”
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Right now, you are probably thinking what I asked. “What is
the most complex liquid on the planet?” Without hesitation, Ed
said, “Blood.”
A marvelous theological insight! Jesus chose wine, the
second most complex liquid on the planet, to symbolize his blood,
and bread, one of the simplest foods, to symbolize his body.
As I reflect on that conversation from 2007, I realize Ed
shared with me a marvelous theological insight and a snapshot of
himself. Sometimes Ed complicated the simple, but he usually
simplified the complex. Ed simplified the complex.
Our Christian faith is not as complex as earning a Masters
degree in Chemistry, but as simple as a child opening his
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welcoming arms to a loving father. Ed mastered the
complexity of chemistry and the simplicity of Christianity.
In closing, I lay before you this Curly Washburn
challenge: Master one thing in life. You may be an expert at
math, music, medicine or motherhood, law, logistics or
languages, theology, chemistry or farming, but you must
master one thing in life: the simplicity of Christianity.
Master the simplicity of Christianity by receiving God’s
Grace, His Word and His Sacraments. Open yourself to
God’s love poured into your heart through the Holy Spirit,1
and you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and
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with all your soul and with all your mind, and your neighbor as
yourself.2
God gave Ed His Grace, His Word and His Sacraments – all
that he needed not only for an extraordinary life lived, but also for
an eternal life entered. Ed figured out how to live a Christian life
long before he knew how to read periodic tables and beer charts.
Ed mastered the simplicity of Christianity; he simplified the
complex because he trusted God’s promise of eternal life through
Christ crucified and he accepted that promise like a little child. Do
that, and you, my brothers and sisters, will master the simplicity of
Christianity.
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As you do, may God send his angels to protect you. In
Jesus’ Holy Name, we pray. Amen. … May the peace of God
surpasses all understanding keep your heart and mind in
Christ Jesus.3
Amen.
1 Romans 5:5
2 Matthew 22:37-39
3 Philippians4:7