This booklet presents the text of the Common Worship Funeral service, as well as supplementary prayers, Bible readings, Prayers of Entrusting and Commending, The Burial of Ashes, Psalms and Canticles.

The book explores the reality of grief from different perspectives and provides some insightful help primarily to those trying to support a colleague, friend or family member who is being overwhelmed by their primal grief.

Until relatively recently a Church of England funeral was the default option of the majority of the British population. This is no longer the case. Exploring what makes a good funeral, Robert Atwell suggests many practical ways in which the church...

Presents a wide selection of poems, psalms and meditations from all periods of the Jewish past and the present day that will provide food for thought, and words of comfort at difficult times of life. Themes included are illness, ageing, patience,...