Living funerals are not completely unknown in this country but they are very rare.
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The missing word is ‘Humanist’
My experience of funerals was that you arrived sad and left miserable, but the humanist attitude was different.
Happy 18th birthday to Humanist Weddings
Humanist celebrants don’t tell couples what marriage means. Instead, we ask what it means to them and what most say is that it’s is an equal partnership.
Raise a glass to your love
Lots of my couples have done interesting variations on the quaich ceremony.
The New ‘I Do’
The lesson is simple; love will find a way.
Happiness is home made
I was flattered when Emma Miller, the editor of Hood Magazine, asked me to take over their ‘Man at the Back’ feature for a couple of issues. Here’s my Christmas gift to you – it’s still not too late to make something, and by doing so, make someone feel very special!
Farewell, Scottish Wedding Directory
Independent reviews were a great help to me and my Celebrate People colleagues.
‘We’re having a celebration of life’ is in danger of becoming a cliché.
It’s not always appropriate to celebrate a life, and it would be wrong to think that’s what a humanist funeral ceremony has to be.
Jen & Phil’s Lockdown Wedding Celebration
You don’t need to be surrounded by guests or be at a castle to still have a special day. “Celebrate your love for each other on that day and celebrate why it is that you want to get married.”
Solace for a child that has not lived
Devika Bhat wrote an incredibly moving article in The Guardian a few days ago about dealing with the loss of her baby daughter in pregnancy. You can read it here. As she wrote, ‘I almost came unstuck when confronted with the task of choosing a reading: there is no established narrative around grieving for a … Continue Reading