You know, I hope this isn't too off the wall and morbid, but yesterday, my wife and I attended a memorial service for one of her mother and father's friends. It was pretty typical, in a church, Lutheran prayers, etc. However, the minister was a bit irrevent about it all and shared some of the humorous personal moments about the departed. That was the best part of the service, the personal stuff. Being a former Catholic, I no longer attend Church, nor believe in that type of God, so during the prayer part, my mind wandered. And it struck me. Open space would be perfect for a memorial service. Imagine all the themes those attending could choose to discuss. And imagine the "book of proceedings" the widow or widower could recieve. What a gift. Imagine the closing circle, a powerful process indeed, certainly would lift anybody's spirit. So, just a thought, and also a curiosity. Am I the only one to think of such a thing, and has it been tried at a memorial service?
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