I have often said that I would rather officiate one thousand funerals than officiate one wedding. It’s not that I hate weddings, it’s just that I prefer to officiate funerals, especially if they are ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A local pastor is preparing to bury another young man. It's something he said is happening to often in Jacksonville. "About five or four, that's too many -- one is too many," said ...

With his death approaching, Richard Milwee, the former archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas, approached a longtime friend and fellow priest, Christoph Keller III, about the message Keller ...

When it comes to funerals, we usually face a mere two options: burial or cremation? But local cemeteries are increasingly offering another way: natural burials. The problem? Most people don't know ...

Funeral services are underway for the Baton Rouge Bishop who died shortly after preaching his last sermon last Sunday. The services for Bishop Richard Allmon of Full Gospel United Pentecostal Church ...

I thought I’d found my groove for funerals. I used to feel calm as they approached. I used to feel competent, I felt I knew exactly what to do. That is, until the pandemic hit. My first funeral after ...