TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoffacker,Charles
TI  - A matter of life and death: preaching at funerals 
SN  - 1561012157 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BV 4275 .H64 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Cowley Publications
KW  - Funeral sermons
KW  - Preaching
KW  - Church work with the bereaved
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Why preach at a funeral? -- Finding the key -- Constructing the sermon -- A selection of sermons, complete with keys -- A feature of our common humanity -- When our hands are empty -- The carpenter will come -- Ourselves as their memorial -- A specific characteristic of the deceased -- Life as music -- Memories and hope -- For Gean, Easter came early -- Grief and gratitude -- The intimacy of home -- A family man -- Her place was the home -- The deceased as a mirror of Christ -- Service and contemplation -- Passion and resurrection -- Brian will like it there -- The deceased as one responding to God -- Shadow of the Father -- Man of wonder, man of blessing -- Soul clap its hands and sing -- A pointer to ongoing worlds -- A great grief, a great hope -- Death never has the last word -- A succession of worlds
ER  -