Readings for Funerals is a perceptive collection of Bible quotations, poems, hymns and prose, offering consolation and comfort to those bereaved. It helps them to express their thoughts and feelings and make them more confident in planning a funeral service and dealing with clergy.Featuring the writing of, amongst others, W. H. Auden, Simon Armitage, Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot and Joyce Grenfell, it is suitable for use at secular funerals, celebrations of a life and church services.This book follows the style of the highly successful Readings for Weddings which has sold over 7,000 copies.
Readings for Funerals is a perceptive collection of Bible quotations, poems, hymns and prose, offering consolation and comfort to those bereaved. It helps them to express their thoughts and feelings and make them more confident in planning a funeral service and dealing with clergy.Featuring the writing of, amongst others, W. H. Auden, Simon Armitage, Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot and Joyce Grenfell, it is suitable for use at secular funerals, celebrations of a life and church services.This book follows the style of the highly successful Readings for Weddings which has sold over 7,000 copies.
