Rev. Wayne Smith estimates he preached more than 1,000 funerals during his 40-year career at Southland Christian. Charles Bertram 2013 FILE PHOTO In a recent interview, Wayne Smith said he had a ...

Preaching funerals can be deadly, especially when the dearly departed wasn't dear or a believer. Author and preaching professor Scott Gibson offers advice on what pastors can do to keep funeral ...

Father Stephen Pietrowski, pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish in Centerport, N.Y., addresses the congregation during the funeral Mass for Philadelphia Phillies minor league pitcher Corey ...

When Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying burst upon the world in 1968, hospital chaplains and those who trained pastoral counselors were among the first to endorse it. The psychological framing ...

Recorded organ music wafts through the funeral chapel as mourners - a man, woman, young child and infant cradled in its mother's arms - navigate their way past rows of steel-legged, ...