COVID is forcing American families to confront end-of-life planning. There are numerous articles on the subject, but NPR published one during the summer of 2020 that made a recommendation that is often overlooked: creating an inventory. My wife, the list maker, established our first inventory 30 years ago when our first child was born.
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Pastoral Undertaking: A Case for Prearranging Funerals
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Churches/Ritual, Preplanning
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship website is a good source for articles on funeral ministry, and the Conversation Project reminded us of Reverend Marc Nelesen’s post about his conversation with a congregate who had prepared for her funeral. Rev. Nelesen describes how the congregate went to great lengths to plan her funeral, and to…