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 ...

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, ...

Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon in Westminster Abbey reflected monarch’s role as head of C of E The powerful liturgy and rituals of the Church of England – the established church since the 16th ...

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 ...

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 ...