{"product_id":"a-pastors-practical-guide-to-lee-franklin-9781426758195","title":"A Pastor's Practical Guide to Funerals: Offering Help, Assurance, and Hope","description":"This straight-forward book integrates the pragmatic \"how to\" of the funeral process--especially in dealing with \"difficult\" funerals--with the art of being a caring and healing presence before, during, and after the funeral. While conducting a funeral is one the great privileges of ministry, pastors must be skilled and ready to guide grieving family and friends through the process of saying goodbye and burying a loved one. With sample services, prayers, sermon themes, and Bible readings, this book will help pastors hear, name, and integrate relevant illustration into a respectful story of the deceased's life--a story that is appropriate to the particular circumstances of each situation. Contents include: Preparing for Death; Caring through Anticipated Death; Caring through Sudden Death; Meeting with Family before the Funeral Service; Creating the Funeral Service; Creating the Funeral Sermon; and Following up with Grievers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Franklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1426758197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426758195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abingdon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Lee Franklin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980344656127,"sku":"9781426758195","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfcf56da-099e-4f11-b8cd-9e99765768cb.jpg?v=1683249394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-pastors-practical-guide-to-lee-franklin-9781426758195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}