My Memorial Service

An invitation for us all to help our loved ones grieve at the time of our death

First, I openly wept multiple times while writing this — not because I am fearful of or expecting death any time soon or because I watched the final video too many times, but because even thinking about the end of my or anyone’s life is tender work. Still, it is important work to do, and I invite you to embrace and enter into it.

Pastoring for nearly 30 …