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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Preaching funerals can be deadly, especially when the dearly departed wasn't dear or a believer. Author and preaching professor Scott Gibson offers advice on what pastors can do to keep funeral ...
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 ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re called for care for migrants, an end to wars, ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This bound quarto contains John Beach’s Funeral sermon, upon the decease of the Reverend Doct. Samuel Johnson, late ...
VATICAN CITY - In front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re called for care for migrants, an end to wars, and action ...