Chocolate cake — a foretaste of Heaven
n the southern states of the US they like to eat big after a funeral — heart-attack food, mostly. No polite little British ham sandwiches and finger food for Texans. It says a lot about the difference in grieving styles between us and them. Here, a Baptist minister proposes that funeral food should be thought […]
It’s your funeral
Posted by Richard Rawlinson In recent decades the emphasis of funerals has gone from forward-looking to backward-looking. The traditional funeral marked the transition from this life to the future life beyond death. Details of the life of the dead person were less significant than the existence of the immortal soul. This eschatological approach has given way […]
Thought for the day
“Sometimes I think grief is love that has been made homeless.” Source
