Josh Benner

Tag: memoriam

  • Purdue super fan Tyler Trent passes away

    We don’t control the cards we’re dealt. All we can do is play what we have. Tyler Trent passed away on Tuesday. The Purdue student had battled a rare form of bone cancer. He had become a sensation in college football and Big Ten circles as being someone the Purdue football team rallied around this…

  • Eugene Peterson – author of the Message – dies at 85

    Eugene Peterson, pastor, professor, and writer passed away today at the age of 85 after battling dementia and heart failure. Peterson authored 35 books in his lifetime. The most popular among them was The Message, which has sold over 20 million copies. The Message is a paraphrase translation which attempts to capture the idea of a Biblical verse and…

  • Thoughts on Virginia shooting

    Woke up this morning to a news update about a reporter shot live on the air. I thought maybe it was in a dangerous area or a hostile story. It wasn’t. It was in Virginia and it was a tourism piece on a morning show. My mind has been on this story all day. There…

  • Remembrance and reflection: my friend Johnnie

    I still remember the first time I ever talked to Johnnie. He was helping plan a philanthropy for his fraternity, and he called me after I had volunteered to do stand up comedy at the event. He was so enthusiastic, that I had a hard time understanding him. Johnnie had never heard my routine before,…

  • Peter Falk’s greatest role: himself

    Yesterday, I received a news notification from CNN on my phone that actor Peter Falk had died. Falk was best known for his role as Columbo, but I was born in 1985. I’ve never seen Columbo. A second thought then entered my mind. I thought to myself, “I think that guy played an American in…