by Jean Francis | Apr 20, 2020 | Ceremony, Environment, Funerals, Interfaith Funerals, Uncategorised
Down to Earth Down to Earth OneSpirit minister Jean Francis takes us on a journey from inception of a funeral through to burial. Birth, life and death are interwoven so we can’t expect one without the other. An entire life could be spent collecting and recycling milk...
by Jean Francis | Mar 5, 2020 | Ceremony, Uncategorised
Ritual and Ceremony ‘To help someone invent their own celebrations and live out their dreams is the finest gift the human heart can bestow.’ Allegra Taylor, ‘Acquainted With The Night’. Ritual and ceremony has throughout time brought people together to celebrate...
by Amanda C Vesty | Feb 1, 2020 | Environment, Grief, Uncategorised, Well Being
Dealing With Grief – How can trees help us on dark days? Just as in the deep earth the trees send their roots into a place without light, so it is that we journey through days of darkness out in the world and some of us through dark soul times too. Counting our...
by Amanda C Vesty | Sep 20, 2019 | Funerals, Humour
A Timely Round A Timely Round… A man and a friend are playing golf one day at their local golf course. One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course. He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap,...
by Jean Francis | Sep 8, 2019 | Celebration of Life, Ceremony, Death, Funerals, Uncategorised
The healing power of a good funeral When Colin, my ex-husband was told he had only a short while to live he asked me; a newly ordained OneSpirit Interfaith minister if I would write and conduct his funeral. I began to put words together and as I read them to him over...
