Confessions of a funeral director : how the business of death saved my life
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Confessions of a funeral director : how the business of death saved my life
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ISBN:
9780062465245
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
vii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Death Negative -- Playtime in the Casket Room -- Broken Open -- Death Sabbath -- Searching for the Divine in the Dark -- Sacred Dirt -- The Myth of the Death-Care Amateur -- Front-Door Policy -- Listening to the Voice of Silence -- Grief as Worship -- Sara's Mosaic -- Heaven on Earth -- Sam McKinney's Mysticism -- Active Remembering -- Finding My Words -- Yin and Yang -- Ten Confessions: An Epilogue.
Summary:
The author recounts his experiences as a sixth generation funeral director, sharing how the practice of caring for the dead and their loved ones profoundly changed his faith and views on death.
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