"No matter how snazzy my elocution, how respectful and true-to-life my eulogy, how reassuring my theology — we’re at a funeral and we’re going to have to talk about death."
by Alane Miles
One thing that having reverend in front of my name gives me the authority to assert: Funerals aren’t designed to be sucky. No one gets up in the morning and says, “Today I’m going to perform a terrible funeral.” We don’t stand barefoot in our burning-bush jammies while our coffee makers bubble thinking of the best ways to alienate half of the sad people while boring the other half.…[ Read more ]
