As Barack Obama said the other day, “despair is not an option”. We need to keep trying.
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To Celebrate A Life
A Farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The ceremony truly was ‘a multi-faith & belief event’.
David Baddiel’s definition of a humanist funeral
Comedy gives licence to say the unsayable, and great comedians are also great truth tellers.
Your right to die with dignity
I campaigned for an Assisted Dying bill on the two previous occasions that it’s been offered to the Scottish Parliament, so I’m glad that it’s coming up for debate again soon.
It’s Your Funeral…
Wullie’s story was a time capsule from an era that’s almost gone from our memories.
The G Word
Grief is not something we give much thought to until we find ourselves catapulted into it.
Let The People Sing!
People love humanist funerals for their compassion, their honesty and their humour: they choose them for what they include, not what they exclude.
Earth to Earth…
Here in the UK, cremation accounts for about 75% of all funerals, but there is a growing desire for a more natural and ecological approach to death and dying. Not far from me in East Lothian there is a natural woodland burial site called Binning Memorial Wood, and I’ve been privileged to conduct a number … Continue Reading
‘We’re having a celebration of life’ is in danger of becoming a cliché.
Humanists believe we should celebrate the one life we have, but we also believe that grieving and mourning are fundamental to the healing process. Celebration isn’t obligatory, and it would be wrong to think that’s what a humanist funeral has to be.
How Apps are helping us celebrate life in the time of coronavirus
My role is to speak for the bereaved, and the more accurately I do that, the better the ceremony. Having multiple contributions from family and friends writing from wherever in the world they happen to be allows me to create a richly textured, multi-faceted portrait.