{"product_id":"a-pastors-practical-guide-to-funerals-offering-help-assurance-and-hope-9781426758195","title":"A Pastor's Practical Guide to Funerals: Offering Help, Assurance, and Hope","description":"This straight-forward book integrates the pragmatic \"how to\" of the funeral process--especially in dealing with \"difficult\" funerals--with the art of being a caring and healing presence before, during, and after the funeral. While conducting a funeral is one the great privileges of ministry, pastors must be skilled and ready to guide grieving family and friends through the process of saying goodbye and burying a loved one. With sample services, prayers, sermon themes, and Bible readings, this book will help pastors hear, name, and integrate relevant illustration into a respectful story of the deceased's life--a story that is appropriate to the particular circumstances of each situation. Contents include: Preparing for Death; Caring through Anticipated Death; Caring through Sudden Death; Meeting with Family before the Funeral Service; Creating the Funeral Service; Creating the Funeral Sermon; and Following up with Grievers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFranklin, Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lee Franklin is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a board certified chaplain (Association for Professional Chaplains). She currently serves as a hospice chaplain in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A frequent contributor to Daily Bible Studies, she is also the author of A Pastor s Practical Guide to Funerals (Abingdon Press, 2013). She writes for publications, including Circuit Rider for United Methodist clergy, and PlainViews, a chaplaincy journal. Lee also leads workshops for laity and clergy on pastoral care, grief, death, and dying.","brand":"Abingdon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334923784466,"sku":"9781426758195","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f4500b8-7db3-4aa9-93f1-366395ed8fe7.jpg?v=1727898521","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-pastors-practical-guide-to-funerals-offering-help-assurance-and-hope-9781426758195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}