Funeral services with no gospel and no hope are now the norm.
Having no service at all is now a popular option. Instead, people are encouraged to use the money saved for a celebratory memorial. It's an extremely successful idea, appealing to death-denying hearts.
As Christians we rightly lament this trend, but it also presents an opportunity to powerfully commend the gospel.
The comforting doctrine of the necessity of affliction
The untidiness of life - the mess, chaos, accident or whatever label we choose to describe the lack of order …