In commemoration of 100 years of service, witness, and worship, Duke Divinity School has commissioned a new hymn, Here We ...

When I was in seminary back in the mid-1980s, I was informed by some of my seminary teachers that the old funeral (requiem) Masses were a very dark affair. Black vestments and somber prayers, all ...

The entrance to the prairie at the Glen Forest Natural Burial Cemetery, a green burial site. Green burial is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact. Cassie (Wheeler) Dues / ...

Sustainability asks us to think generations ahead — to care for the planet we will leave to those who come after us. Funerals, by contrast, ask us to honor those who came before. Green burial brings ...

Dolly Parton never forgot her humble Smoky Mountain origins. So no one should be surprised that she did not choose one of her own songs to be played at her funeral. Instead, she’s picked “If We Never ...

Dolly Parton had one musical request for her funeral, and she revealed what song she chose in an interview 12 years before her death.

Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday, told Entertainment Weekly in 2014 the song she wanted played at her funeral. The singer-songwriter known for hits including “I Will Always Love You,” “9 to 5,” “Jolene, ...

"I'm sure they'll be playing 'I Will Always Love You' when I die, just like they did with Whitney Houston," she said in a 2015 interview -- but she had a different pick. By Alicia Urrea Dolly Parton ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. LightFieldStudios / Getty Images Median ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 10 new hymns that will be included in its new hymnbook on Thursday as part of a phased rollout of "Hymns for Home and Church." ...

Funeral services for the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham have been set. Graham's sister and current U.S. Senator for South Carolina Darline Graham released the schedule for the services planned for ...