by Susan Barnes | 29 Jun 2021 | Articles
Recently I wrote this article for Christian Today. Sometimes we might wonder if our story is worth telling. We may have lived an uneventful life that doesn’t seem to have impacted anyone. We may have grown up in a Christian home, attended church every Sunday and...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Mar 2020 | Articles
A snippet from an article I wrote recently for Christian Today: I cringe when I hear that another family has requested Frank Sinatra’s, “My Way,” for their loved one’s funeral service. Sadly I hear this often because my husband regularly conducts funerals for...
by Susan Barnes | 27 Jun 2019 | Book Reviews
Confessions of a Funeral Director is a memoir by Caleb Wilde and it’s a heavy read. Caleb’s family have run a funeral home for many generations in Parkesburg, which is a small town in Pennsylvania. Their domestic home and the funeral home are one establishment, which...