My lawyer has advised me to bring my will up to date, seeing as how I wrote my last one 25 years ago. Suffice it to say that things have changed since then. One of the things that hasn't changed is ...

They sang hymns of comfort and relied on scripture to offer peace. They prayed for wisdom and wiped away tears -- and when the funeral service for U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel E. Scheibner was over ...

When it's time to say goodbye to a loved one, the first thing you think of probably isn't Adele's "Someone Like You." Or, maybe it is, depending on the situation. The pop singer's ode to a former ...

Music brings people together, it wakes them up and calms them down, it can be a source of great comfort and solidarity This is the time of year for several special services. First Communions, ...

It was all about the Queen until it wasn’t. And it was precisely at that point that Charles didn’t sing along. When it came time for “God Save the King” at the end of his mother’s funeral in ...

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life has dropped out of the top 10 most popular songs to be played at funerals, while the Queen’s service has been credited for hymns growing in popularity. The ...

What famous hymn started a movement in the funeral business? In an earlier blog we talked about how a fake ghost story led to the creation of the Spiritualism religion. Inspiration and changes to ...