Several of our pastors in the district have been quite busy with funerals the last few weeks, which is not unusual for January. It can be difficult to keep up with all the day to day and provide for the needs of hurting families, as we also attempt to deal with our own grief.
Funerals and the grief work surrounding them can also be surprisingly humorous at times. I offer this personal experience from a few years ago.
As the pastor, I was in the lead car of the funeral procession. We had to stop before entering the cemetery gates because of oncoming traffic leaving the cemetery. As a work-van sped past us to make room in the gateway I noticed the business logo in colorful bold type. It simply read, “Cable TV.”
Now I am sure there was a valid reason for that crew to be in the cemetery during the middle of the day, but to tell you the truth, I chuckled and wondered aloud that some things in life are probably not as they appear. To this day I smile thinking about that work van driving past a mile of cars and all those folks who were thinking the same thing.
