A matter of life and death : preaching at funerals / Charles Hoffacker.

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.