a time to mourn and a time to dance
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens The most interesting and unusual passage in all of the Old Testament (original testament) was in the book of Ecclesiastes when King Solomon proclaims, It is better to go the house of mourning than the house of feasting. Ecc 7:2. Funeral etiquette was explained to me by a grief counselor in the great state of York that is New. People want your sympathy and compassion but they also want to celebrate someone's life that has just passed. They want to talk about that person so asking questions like what was their favorite type of music and did they like sports are not bad questions. It allows the grievers to open up about who their loved one was as a person. I thought that was sage advice and I did apply it when I had the unfortunate honor of attending a funeral for my thirty something co worker who I very much respected bu...