tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post6232984621264941289..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Kim Fabricius on funeralsbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-2088537462732121972010-05-13T03:54:58.412+01:002010-05-13T03:54:58.412+01:00For the truth about death and dying (for real, and...For the truth about death and dying (for real, and completely free of any consoling religious mythologies,)please check out this reference:<br /><br />www.adidam.org/death_and_dying/index.html<br /><br />Also this extraordinary segment re the Purpose of Death<br /><br />www.easydeathbook.com/purpose.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-64408366575698468742010-05-10T12:57:49.743+01:002010-05-10T12:57:49.743+01:00Thanks Nick.
I'm sorry to hear about your mot...Thanks Nick.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear about your mother's death. It is good know that you found that the BCP service ministered to you. Our grief is indeed not like those who have no hope, as Paul says.<br /><br />I was thinking I might do another series on "Burial by the book" (like my recent <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/search/label/infant%byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-46158788206336785372010-05-10T12:36:41.814+01:002010-05-10T12:36:41.814+01:00Hi Byron.
I recently buried my Mum. She had reque...Hi Byron.<br /><br />I recently buried my Mum. She had requested the burial service from the Book of Common Prayer. (Mum, although making her peace with modern liturgy later in life, never gave up her love of the old prayer book).<br /><br />Her minister (who's also our minister) did a great job. The BCP service pulls no punches. It names death for the enemy it is. But it also doesn't Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629343325674044649noreply@blogger.com