I grew up in a church that was so low it basically qualified as being underground. For all that it was quite traditional. There was general suspicion of the more ritualistic expressions of other churches (and perhaps a lack of awareness of our own rituals). We would have insisted that anything that looked like a …

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The prevalent nature of handling dead bodies and conducting funerals in the west is not to handle them at all, nor to view them. Those who view dead bodies observe that they look different. The departure of life brings that change. For those of Christian belief the soul has departed. It is good to remember …

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