QUOTE: from a Contributor ~
“Chris, I just finished reading the book and am, again, so pleased to have been included in it. Thank you for taking my 'fully sanctified people' on this trip. It was quite touching to have the portraits of these well lived Christian lives all assembled as examples of both what happens in life and how to exegete that life in the light of the faith. Thanks for all your hard work - and the gift that it is.”
Pastor Dan Witkowski, Moline, IL (WTS, ’02)
Don’t most of us wonder what the Meaning of Life is? Sundays in Church are meant to nurse us along in that Quest. With Scripture and Sermons to inspire and encourage us, we make our daily offerings back to God, God’s People and God’s World.
At the end of that Journey, our Survivors should hear the Gospel preached as it was the Comfort and Hope of the Departed along their Way. We should also try to lift up Values and Virtues of their Life that shaped them and provided a model for our own lives to cherish & follow.
READER AUDIENCE:
FOR First Call Pastors, Celebrants, and those involved in Grief Ministries.
FOR Lay People who want encouragement to speak about those Values and Character traits that their loved one lived and we will remember;
FOR those who enjoy seeing how the lives of others were spent and their faith expressed, then how they are remembered by Pastors and Family in gratitude, while growing in our own Faith.
This book is FOR Clergy and Laity.
For clergy, primarily first-call pastors, that want more confidence in preaching at funerals with grave circumstances, or for counselling with grieving families.
It is also for individuals and families who are encouraged by pastors or others to personalize a funeral service by creating and sharing a Tribute. It can also help a family navigate issues of closure and justice at the time of a tragic or untimely death.