This article will cover the five best ways to plan ahead for funeral expenses. In brief, these are:
- Plan and pay ahead yourself
- Prepay at a funeral home
- Funeral/burial insurance
- Green burial
- Start a funeral fund
Here Are the Different Types of Cremation Urns
Cremation urns come in a variety of types, styles, and sizes. Which one is right for your needs?
Today, we’ll take a look at the common terms that describe the different types of urns. You’ll learn what they’re used for, and what works best for you to honor your loved one (or to plan your own memorial).
The Best Memorial Tree Urns for Your State
Our collection of Memorial Tree Urns are a hit with families looking for a way to celebrate life by planting a memorial tree.
These small, earth-conscious urns contain tree seeds in the lid, hold 35 cubic inches of cremated remains, and are buried (i.e. planted) in the ground.
Utilizing a special biodegradable and eco-friendly mixture which neutralizes the ph found in cremated ashes, these urns actually incorporate the remains into the growth process for the memorial tree.
10 Biblical Funeral Prayers for a Christian Funeral Service
What is a good prayer for a funeral?
That’s our topic for today. As a committed Christian and trained biblical counselor who loves the Scriptures, I want to help you find good, Scripture-saturated words for funeral, memorial service, and graveside prayers.
Biblical funeral prayers are one important way for Christians to honor God, show their trust and faith in him, and proclaim his goodness and sovereignty over all of life’s affairs.
In life and in death our hope is in God our heavenly Father and in the saving work of Christ Jesus his Son.
What Happens to Your Passwords When You Die?
If you’re anything like me and most other humanoids living in this digital age, you probably have just under a billion website login username and password combinations.
Somehow you keep it all together (thank the Lord for password recovery emails). But what happens to all those passwords when you die?
10 Popular Military Cremation Urns
Military cremation urns come in a variety of materials, styles, and designs.
Nearly all military urns offer a choice of medallion or emblem which will correspond to the branch in which your loved one served: Air Force, Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. Some also provide the option for Coast Guard, Fire Department, Police Department, or the United States Great Seal.
These Hand Blown Glass Art Cremation Urns Will *Blow* Your Mind
See what we did there? Hand blown glass art cremation urns that will blow your mind… right?! Right?!
OK, bad jokes aside, these glass cremation urns really are truly exceptional. Each piece is crafted individually by hand from start to finish in Oregon. With these cremation urns, the tradition of artistic glass blowing is brought to bear on funerals and memorials in a very special way.
The combination of human hands, human breath, and molten glass together with the skill of a glassblowing master results in the finest hand blown glass art cremation urns on the market today.
10 Important Benefits of Cremation Over Burial
Cremation has many benefits. That’s why it is rapidly becoming the standard option for final disposition.
Many people who, like yourself, are considering cremation over burial find themselves asking the question, Why should I choose cremation?
So let’s take a look at some of the benefits of cremation versus burial.
The Death Positive Movement
Maybe you’ve heard the term “death positive.” What is it? An attitude, a movement, a philosophy? How can you be “death positive,” and is this something you should want?
The Burial of Jesus & How to Plan a Christian Funeral
The burial of Jesus is described in all four Gospels. This is without a doubt the most famous funeral the world has ever known.
As we look at the Scriptural account of Jesus’ death and burial, what can we learn about how to plan a Christian funeral? How do we think through our own expenses, planning, and memorials from the vantage point of Jesus’ burial?
50 Comforting Bible Verses for Grief & Loss
We’re going to share 50 comforting Bible verses for grief with you today. Perhaps more importantly, we want to show you how to use Scripture verses to comfort the grieving in genuine, meaningful, Christ-centered ways.
The Bible does provide great comfort for those who are grieving. The pain of loss is real and deep, and the Scriptures do not gloss over or minimize what mourners experience.
12 Best Memory Keepsakes to Remember a Loved One
Many people look for memory keepsakes as a way to honor and remember a departed loved one.
After all, often they are buried in a cemetery or interred in a columbarium. Or their ashes may be scattered, or perhaps you have the remains with you at home but you don’t particularly want a cremation urn sitting out and about.
So the solution is to create some sort of memory keepsake. Something special, something that speaks to you about your loved one. Something that you can keep in your home in honor of their memory.
There are thousands of options; but here, we’ve curated the best for you. Let’s take a look.
