The Good Funeral: Death, Grief, and the Community of Care

book

by Thomas Long, Thomas Lynch. Westminster John Knox Press, 2013.

Description

This resource provides insight into how a community of faith can help others experience fully and gracefully the experience of death and dying.

Features

dealing with death, how congregations can help others experience death and dying gracefully, reflecting on mortality

Recommended Audience

Clergy and lay leaders

Cost

Purchase as a book or e-book

Practical Applications

Reflect on your own mortality after reading the final chapter titled, "All Souls, All Saints: A Coda."
Provide comfort for individuals near death by consulting this resource for insight.

Updated: February 15, 2024

About the Contributor

Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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