{"id":1834,"date":"2016-06-29T12:44:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/farewell-to-a-fellow-traveler\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:44:53","slug":"farewell-to-a-fellow-traveler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/farewell-to-a-fellow-traveler\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to a Fellow Traveler"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Sunset Septuagint\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday was the funeral celebration of one of our Clergy whose family had moved to the community 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

Ed was a farmer at heart and he loved taking care of the vegetables, flowers (roses were his specialty), and all the animals. One of the hymns sung during the liturgy, “In the Garden” (based on the scripture Genesis 3:8), says it all for Ed: “And they heard the voice of the Lord walking in the garden….”<\/p>\n

One of the post-funeral traditions we hold dear is going to the cemetery after the funeral, to place our loved one in the ground. Each person takes a shovel full of dirt to lay on the coffin. The Community family takes care of the body from the moment of death \u2014 keeping vigil by the coffin \u2014 to the laying of the sod over the coffin when the last shovel full of earth has been laid.<\/p>\n

Another custom, while we are filling the grave, is to share any remembrances of our loved one. All ages enter in \u2014 from the 10-year-old who remembered Uncle Ed always giving the children lollipops every Sunday, to a landscaping manager who got his first love of landscaping from Ed, to the fellow community member who remembered when he was struggling spiritually being told by Ed, “Come into my office (which was under a shade tree) and let’s talk.”<\/p>\n

What a wonderful way to say goodbye to a fellow traveler on the road to our eternal home!<\/p>\n

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