I’ve conducted a number of funerals as a Pastor. Occasionally I must bite my tongue (so to speak) when I hear people comfort themselves in saying the deceased has ‘gone to a better place’. Maybe. But why would they think that if the deceased didn’t believe in God or have any faith commitment? Why now should there suddenly be a ‘better place’ and the deceased have rights to it? In a sense, a funeral should give us a moment to confirm convictions with crystal clarity. We should