The Good Funeral Quotes

“But we do not do this task of rebuilding our life narratives alone. In the wilderness of grief, God provides narrative manna--just enough shape and meaning to keep us walking--and sends the Comforter, who knits together the raveled sould and refuses to leave us orphaned. Sometimes the bereaved say they are looking for closure, but in the Christian faith we do not see closure so much as we pray that all of our lost loves will be gathered into that great unending story fashioned by God's grace.”
― Thomas G. Long, The Good Funeral: Death, Grief, and the Community of Care

“What was it—I ask myself—that first vexed them into contemplations?”
― Thomas G. Long, The Good Funeral: Death, Grief, and the Community of Care