The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Which Religion Is Most Associated With Cremation? Hinduism, Buddhism, and Cultural Reasons

Which Religion Is Most Associated With Cremation? Hinduism, Buddhism, and Cultural Reasons

When families ask, which religion is associated with cremation, they’re rarely asking out of curiosity alone. Usually, it’s because a real decision is sitting in front of them: a loved one...

Religious Views on Cremation: What Major Faiths Believe (and How to Plan Respectfully)

Religious Views on Cremation: What Major Faiths Believe (and How to Plan Respectfully)

When a family chooses cremation, the decision is rarely only practical. It can carry a lifetime of meaning—about the body, the soul, and what it means to honor a person...

All Souls’ Day Explained: Meaning, Date, Traditions & Ways to Remember Loved Ones

All Souls’ Day Explained: Meaning, Date, Traditions & Ways to Remember Loved Ones

On an early November morning, the air often feels different—cooler, quieter, and a little more honest. For many families, the calendar itself becomes a kind of memory. A date arrives...

Bird Symbolism in Christianity: Doves, Eagles, and What They Represent

Bird Symbolism in Christianity: Doves, Eagles, and What They Represent

In grief, symbols often speak before words can. A dove on a memorial card. An eagle verse read at the pulpit. A small bird etched into a keepsake. In Christianity,...

Blue in Islam: Meaning, Symbolism, and the Psychology of Color

Blue in Islam: Meaning, Symbolism, and the Psychology of Color

There’s a reason so many people pause when they see blue in an Islamic space—on a tiled dome, a prayer rug, a glazed bowl, a patterned scarf, or a quiet...

Why Do People Choose Cremation? 40+ Reasons, Costs, and Religious Considerations

Why Do People Choose Cremation? 40+ Reasons, Costs, and Religious Considerations

Most families don’t arrive at cremation because they were looking for a trend. They arrive there because a death has changed the temperature of the room, and suddenly the questions...

What to Wear to a Funeral: Color Meanings, Cultural Traditions, and Dress Etiquette

What to Wear to a Funeral: Color Meanings, Cultural Traditions, and Dress Etiquette

There’s a particular kind of quiet panic that can show up in the middle of grief: you open your closet, look at the ordinary clothes you wear to work or...

Religious Views on Cremation: What Major Faiths Say (and How to Plan Respectfully)

Religious Views on Cremation: What Major Faiths Say (and How to Plan Respectfully)

When families ask about religious views on cremation, they’re rarely asking out of curiosity. They’re trying to honor faith, avoid family conflict, and make a plan that feels respectful from...

Which Religions Allow Cremation? A U.S.-Focused Guide to Faith-Based Beliefs and What to Do With the Ashes

Which Religions Allow Cremation? A U.S.-Focused Guide to Faith-Based Beliefs and What to Do With the Ashes

If you are trying to make end-of-life decisions while holding grief, it is completely normal to look for a steady answer to a question that feels both spiritual and practical:...

Why We Light Prayer Candles for the Dead: Catholic Traditions and Modern Memorial Ideas

Why We Light Prayer Candles for the Dead: Catholic Traditions and Modern Memorial Ideas

If you’ve ever stepped into a quiet Catholic church on an ordinary weekday, you’ve probably seen it: a small rack of flickering flames, each one lit by someone who didn’t...

Religious Views on Cremation: What Judaism, Islam, and Christianity Traditionally Teach

Religious Views on Cremation: What Judaism, Islam, and Christianity Traditionally Teach

In many families, the first cremation conversation starts quietly, often in the middle of a much louder season of grief. Someone mentions cost. Someone mentions space. Someone admits they don’t...

Is Cremation a Sin? What the Bible Says About Cremation, Burial, and Ashes

Is Cremation a Sin? What the Bible Says About Cremation, Burial, and Ashes

For many Christian families, the question is cremation a sin rarely starts as a debate. It starts in a quieter place: a hospital hallway, a sudden phone call, a kitchen...

Catholic Cremation Rules Explained: Keeping, Scattering, and Burial of Ashes

Catholic Cremation Rules Explained: Keeping, Scattering, and Burial of Ashes

If you’re reading this, you’re probably trying to do two things at once: honor someone you love and make sure you’re staying faithful to what the Catholic Church actually teaches....

Why Do People Light Candles for the Dead? Symbolism, Traditions, and Modern Memorial Ideas

Why Do People Light Candles for the Dead? Symbolism, Traditions, and Modern Memorial Ideas

There’s a reason candlelight shows up in so many moments of grief, even for people who don’t consider themselves “ritual” people. A candle is small enough to hold in one...

Is Cremation Biblical? A Christian Guide to Cremation vs. Burial and End-of-Life Choices

Is Cremation Biblical? A Christian Guide to Cremation vs. Burial and End-of-Life Choices

For many Christians, the question about cremation isn’t really about fire or earth. It’s about love, reverence, and the quiet fear of getting something sacred “wrong” at the worst possible...

Iconic Moms and Matriarchs: From Mother Teresa to Celebrity Mothers—Stories, Tributes, and Legacy Ideas

Iconic Moms and Matriarchs: From Mother Teresa to Celebrity Mothers—Stories, Tributes, and Legacy Ideas

When a family loses a mother, grandmother, or “everyone calls her Mom” figure, the grief can feel both intimate and enormous. You are not only missing a person—you are noticing...