Saturday, 1 March 2008

Funerals and Secularism

Having had My Way several times over the last fortnight at funerals it does give you pause for thought. Very often the first choice that comes over when putting the liturgy together is the secular music that the family would like played. That is not a criticism but an observation. Being one of those who is happy to have secular music at funerals it causes me no problems, often it is the Bible reading that the family are the least interested in and are quite happy to have me pick the reading. I have become more and more convinced the much of the traditional Prayer Book funeral liturgy is completely unsuitable and so instead now I have resorted using combinations of the Joint Liturgical Group Funeral Service and some of the Common Worship Church of England material. I believe that the Church in Wales it due to revive its funeral liturgies soon and hopefully the revisers will come up with something that is more accessible for those who are not church goers. Does anybody else have any thoughts along these lines? Comments please!

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