Funerals Are For the Living

n this episode of Between Sundays, Chris reflects on attending — and delivering the eulogy at — his uncle’s funeral, and why moments like these force us to confront the questions we usually avoid. Modern culture often turns funerals into celebrations meant to soften grief, but what if we’re missing their deeper purpose? Funerals have a way of cutting through distraction and reminding us of what truly matters: our relationship with God, our relationships with the people we love, and the reality that time is far more limited than we assume. This is a quiet conversation about mortality, perspective, reconciliation, and the priorities that come into focus when life pauses long enough for us to see clearly. Because funerals aren’t really about the dead — they’re for the living.