PART ONE: PREPARING FUNERAL SERMONS. Funeral Preaching Begins before the Service Starts: It's What's Up Front That Counts
The Funeral as Teachable Moment: Everything plus the Kitchen Sink
Pastoral Perspectives on Death and Dying: Leaping Lessing's Ditch
Finding and Selecting the Text: Texts under Negotiation
Sermon Structure in Funeral Preaching: The Uncertain Sound
PART TWO: FUNERAL SERMONS AND EULOGIES. An Illness Not unto Death (Peter M. Wherry)
Blessings beyond Burial (Nathan Dell)
A Lasting Fellowship (Toney L. McNair Jr.)
The Dividends of an Undivided Life (Brad Braxton)
The Steps of a Good Man (Mary H. Young)
An Unusual Response (Claude R. Alexander Jr.)
Beautiful Feet (Peter M. Wherry)
Acceptance, Praise, and Thanksgiving (Debra Haggins)
The Nine Lives of Cat Moss (Gregory K. Moss Sr.).