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03/29/2021

02/01/2021

And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created. And if, as weeks go round, in the dark of the moon my spirit darkens and goes out, and soft strange gloom pervades my

10/16/2020

We're compiling the best readings and a Spotify playlist for "Words, Music and Ceremony for Green Burial Services," 7 p.m. EST Monday, October 19th, 2020, part of the ongoing, resoundingly successful Green Burial Council 2020 conference. Please log on! We'll dive into burial service structure from casket load, carry, to grave fill and beyond. Natural burial not only lets us honor those we love, it supports the quest for greater meaning at death. We can affordably return to the soil from which we sprang.

12/06/2019

When you meet people disrupting the funeral business, you see that their mission doesn't center solely on more sustainable methods and products. The work is to design meaningful experiences. We want to empower families to participate in the act of separating. We want to help them, sad as they are, to feel more settled and proud. Here's to raising those heavy curtains, introducing a modern, affordable aesthetic, allowing families control when they want it, and letting the light shine in. Please watch:

This funeral director is disrupting taboos around death and funerals What kind of casket would YOU want? (Source: TicToc)

11/11/2019

No one will ever say your condolence letter came too late. Consider writing a grieving friend today.

Even under tough circumstances, here are ideas to express your sympathy

09/26/2019

We all resolve down to an essence, a mix of calcium, phosphorous and mineral salt. You can now turn that messy, disorienting mix of pulverized bone into something different: smooth, soothing stones. What do you think? We're intrigued enough to tell you about it! Check out the latest from Theinspiredfuneral.com.

Oh my, this might take off. Justin Crowe has developed a new way to, in essence, “package” cremated remains. The notion of turning ash into hard, egg-shaped stones is much more attractive to me (and also more sustainable) than turning them at great cost into diamonds. While we are green burial a...

08/26/2019

Peter Seeger captured the beautiful essence of an earth-friendly burial with this ballad in 1958.

“To My Old Brown Earth” is a lovely old Pete Seeger song, perfect to cue or sing at green burials. Seeger wrote it in 1958 upon playing at the funeral for John McManus , an editor of The National Guardian. Discouraged he hadn’t delivered anything new, he wandered home and wrote something that ...

08/01/2019

Death is a part of life, and so are the funerals and memorial services held to mark an individual’s passing. But when we’re called upon to speak at these occasions, many of us are at a loss for wor…

07/23/2019

We have beautiful free ceremony examples and a template to plan a service. What other memorial/funeral service examples would you like to see? https://theinspiredfuneral.com/ceremonies