Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered in the beautiful Grand Hall at the Bushey Academy in Hertfordshire, where I and 29 of my student colleagues were ordained as Interfaith Ministers, and it was the most beautiful ceremony possible. This came at the end of a week-long retreat...
On Saturday I conducted a gorgeous wedding ceremony at Glenbervie House, where we lit a memory candle as a way of remembering those people who couldn't be there. And while this beautiful ritual is not something I'm unfamiliar with...
A few days ago I asked on Facebook for suggestions of poems and readings for weddings, and I got lots of great suggestions. But this made me wonder what people's favourite poems of all time are? Below is my choice. It's said that a few a...
W.H.Auden - Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put crepe...