HOMELESS Memorial Manual

Resources/ Contributors / Endnotes

Brett C. Blair is the founder and owner of Sermons.com which has the largest subscriber base of any sermon and worship prep service in the world. Brett served as a pastor in the United Methodist Church for 13 years before turning his attention to writing and editing Sermons.com full time. A graduate of Yale Divinity School. In addition to the M.Div., Brett has an M.A. and B.A. in New Testament Literature.   Brett was born in Memphis TN and now lives in Sarasota FL with his wife Cyndi. They have three children. 

Harold Samuel Kushner (April 3, 1935 – April 28, 2023) was an American rabbi, author, and lecturer. He was a member of the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism and served as the congregational rabbi of Temple Israel of Natick, in Natick, Massachusetts, for 24 years.

Kushner gained widespread recognition for his many popular books that simplify complex theological ideas for both Jewish and non-Jewish readers. His most prominent works include When Bad Things Happen to Good People, delving into human suffering, divine kindness, and theodicy following his son's death, and When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough, exploring existential themes of life's purpose and the pursuit of fulfillment. Considered to be one of America's most prominent rabbis,[1] Kushner was known for his Reconstructionist views and for his ideological progressiveness within the Conservative movement. He argued against the notion of an omnipotent, interventionist God, and instead focused on God's role in offering comfort and solace to those who suffer.

SOURCEBOOK OF FUNERALS  (#1) ~ from Communication Resources, Inc. Canton, OH     email: order@comresources.com    /   800-992-2144   https://www.comresources.com/

Mitchell Bass, &  Huub Oosterhuis, & Holy Smoke newsletter,  Pentecost LC, Milwaukee, WI, also some materials [from Rev Mark Trotter (First United Methodist, San Diego, CA) & Richard Niell Donovan (1940-2020) retired 1993, published SermonWriter.com] may be included.

“Today’s Gift” e-devo by Hazelden Foundation (MN;)  cited from: Days of Healing, Days of Joy,     By Earnie Larsen & Carol Larsen Hegarty

Christopher M Miller, Editor ~ (LSTC) ordained Mar 25,1979, retired Dec 31, 2013; Active ministry 35 years, Officiated at 260 funerals in Kenosha, Rice Lake & Brill, WI; Iowa City, IA, Blue Springs, MO, Mineral Point & Loganville, WI, and some in retirement.  Candidate for WI State Assembly, 2014; moved to Rochester, MN 2015 with wife Donna (GAC, 1976); where he served various churches as Interim, most recently only Supply preaching in SE MN Synod.

Cover Photo: Rochester OAKWOOD Cemetery Gateway, Center & 7th Ave NE Given in Memory of Granville Woodworth by two daughters, Erected: 1929.   

 Cover Design: Allison Passon