United Methodist Insight | By D. Stephen Long
Nine years ago, on a day seared in my memory–the day before Ash Wednesday 2010–my son attempted to take his life.
I was giving my final lecture for the day when my phone buzzed repeatedly in my pocket. The moment class finished I checked my messages only to hear this one from my son’s college roommate: “Jonathan left a suicide note and we cannot find him. We called security.”