I have often said that I would rather officiate one thousand funerals than officiate one wedding. It’s not that I hate weddings, it’s just that I prefer to officiate funerals, especially if they are ...
When Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying burst upon the world in 1968, hospital chaplains and those who trained pastoral counselors were among the first to endorse it. The psychological framing ...
Each time I do a funeral, I make some simple concessions before arriving at the church. The sermon will be 20 minutes or less. Religious services, in general, meet with resistance. Nobody wants them ...
Rev. Wayne Smith estimates he preached more than 1,000 funerals during his 40-year career at Southland Christian. Charles Bertram 2013 FILE PHOTO In a recent interview, Wayne Smith said he had a ...
Recorded organ music wafts through the funeral chapel as mourners - a man, woman, young child and infant cradled in its mother's arms - navigate their way past rows of steel-legged, ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A local pastor is preparing to bury another young man. It's something he said is happening to often in Jacksonville. "About five or four, that's too many -- one is too many," said ...
I thought I’d found my groove for funerals. I used to feel calm as they approached. I used to feel competent, I felt I knew exactly what to do. That is, until the pandemic hit. My first funeral after ...
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