Get ready for a new age-y and weird thought that isn’t nearly as new age-y and weird as it sounds. — The energy of our dead surround us in everything we do, especially during the holidays. — I know, whenever we talk about “energy” it’s super ambiguous and unquantifiable, and it sounds like something a […]
Today’s guest post is written by NYC Funeral Director Amy Cunningham: It seems fitting to reveal on Saint Patrick’s Day that the most common Google query that reliably draws readers to “The Inspired Funeral” day after day, week after week, is “Irish Funeral Music.” The last Irish funeral music post I wrote, garnered me tens-of-thousands of […]
The Vulnerable God William Placher writes, Love involves a willingness to put oneself at risk, and God is in fact vulnerable in love, vulnerable even to great suffering. God’s self-revelation is Jesus Christ, and, as readers encounter him in the biblical stories, he wanders with nowhere to lay his head, washes the feet of his […]
Floyd McClung had just finished teaching at a YWAM (Youth With A Mission) school, which involved speaking, personal ministry and personal counseling—18 hour days. Physically and spiritually exhausted, and simply “tired of people,” McClung boarded his plane back to his home in Amsterdam where he encounter the last thing he wanted—a needy, drunk man wanting […]
Holidays can underscore everything that is wonderful in life. Especially in America, where life is so busy, where there’s rarely time off from the grind, holidays allow us a chance to be human, to enjoy our relationships … to enjoy our family and friends. For many, it’s a time when we come home. Maybe our […]