have a coke stan

many of you may know this by now, but stan grenz passed away early this weekend on march 12th. i was shocked to read of this on lynette's blog and called jonathon to let him know. he had mentioned that he knew stan went into the hospital with a brain hemorage. all this came as such a surprise to me.

as with many who were impacted by his work i will miss stan. he has certainly left a wealth of knowledge and incite for the rest of us to move through over the coming years. i think of all the things i will remember of him is going to lunch last spring with him here in nashville. jonathon and i took him to roteir's here in nashville for some atmosphere (the setting may be a bit like a dive bar) and some good burgers (the greasy comfort food served here more than makes up for it). i remember conversations about moon-pies and royal crown cola, but what was so funny was his confusion over the fact that they serve their cokes in bottles. apparently his intelligence was too busy interpreting the southern drawl of the waitress to piece together he was getting a coke in a bottle. i doubt anyone thought of this as humorous as i did, but who cares. here's to you stan, have a coke on me. miss ya man.

update :: mclaren remembers stan grenz ::