tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036550554413060199.post3046827955029565454..comments2023-12-31T09:31:06.356+07:00Comments on Doesn't Speak Klingon: Missed the MarkRedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06870283055927616591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036550554413060199.post-51642845296230094272021-11-09T11:08:31.618+07:002021-11-09T11:08:31.618+07:00I really wonder how much of this service was what ...I really wonder how much of this service was what Dad wanted. He wouldn't even talk with Mom about writing a will, so my guess is he didn't have anything written down about what he wanted for a memorial service. I hope I get to see you give a funeral someday!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870283055927616591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036550554413060199.post-60423051641243055232021-11-09T09:20:51.926+07:002021-11-09T09:20:51.926+07:00I was thinking the same thing about the service as...I was thinking the same thing about the service as I sat beside you and watched. I didn't want to say anything negative because it was YOUR dad and YOUR church. But when you spoke up, I realized it wasn't just me.<br /><br />When I was a pastor, I really enjoyed putting together sermons for funerals when I knew the person. I even had the honor of co-writing a sermon for a funeral with the man the funeral would be for. I went to his house every day in the last week of his life and he told me what he wanted said and gave me specific stories to tell. He had things he wanted said to his siblings and children after he was gone. It was the most beautiful service I ever got to be a part of.Brett Minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181569922751252054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036550554413060199.post-44174321060054145322021-11-08T10:35:52.736+07:002021-11-08T10:35:52.736+07:00I've been to funerals where memories shared fr...I've been to funerals where memories shared from the pulpit brought laughs. I guess I didn't really expect laughs, but I had expected a little more feeling. Of any kind. It was weird. <br /><br />Whichever family member dies next year, I'll have lower expectations.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870283055927616591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036550554413060199.post-10716934821923725392021-11-08T08:38:07.036+07:002021-11-08T08:38:07.036+07:00I'm so sorry for your loss. And it sounds like...I'm so sorry for your loss. And it sounds like a terrible funeral. I've never been to one funeral where the officiant really knew the deceased. (We're not a religious bunch.) I'm so sorry that someone who should have known your father couldn't come up with a way of demonstrating that.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.com