Memorial services in progressive communities are often in need of new words to express the emotions surrounding death. The comfort of the 23rd Psalm is pretty universal, but after that it varies widely. As always, the poet comes to our rescue with language to ease our sorrow, articulate our shared sense of loss, and comfort us in grief.
Amazing Grace; it gives us birth,
To each and everyone;
This precious gift of life to live;
This race for us to run.
As our lives tread onward, we find ourselves on the Earth side of a “door”
Mortality certain to face us, we wonder what’s beyond –what is the “more?”
A recent memorial service for a much-loved artist in our church ended with a poem and a prayer. The poem was “When Death Comes” by Mary Oliver,
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