Manage Your Grief Through the Holidays

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has a free helpline to find assistance at 1-800-950-6264, or text 62640 to get referrals to local assistance.

Category: Loss

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Wedding Trends To Consider in the New Year

For many years, wedding themes were incredibly popular. This has changed in recent years, however, and couples are now more interested in adding small details to their events.

Category: Wedding Planning

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Excessive Drinking at Funeral Kills Several Attendees

Drinking is a common pastime and social event in Vietnam, so much so that the residents of that country have a word for it. Nhau means to feast and drink with friends for no reason.

Category: Funeral

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Preliminary Conversations To Have With Your Wedding Hairstylist

Every minute of your wedding day matters. This means you need to have a general idea of how long the hair services will take so you can make other important arrangements.

Category: Wedding Planning Marriage

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Nine Tips for Planning a Last-Minute Wedding

Once you have set your venue and date, get the invitations out as soon as possible. Give your guests enough time to request off work and make travel arrangements.

Category: Wedding Planning Ceremonies

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Attending a Religious Ceremony When You Aren't Religious

Regardless of what you decide, be gracious and RSVP appropriately. If you can’t attend but still want to let the person know you care, send a nice gift with a letter expressing your regrets.

Category: Ceremonies

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Songs for a Baptism Playlist

Music is a great way to honor any special occasion, including the rite of baptism. These songs are just a few examples of the many works that convey the sense of renewal and fresh outlook associated with water immersion

Category: Universal Life Church Baptism

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A Selection of Funeral Traditions From Around the World

Across the Philippines, funeral traditions vary greatly from one region to the next. In Apayao, for example, the Isnag people have a custom that many Westerners would find unusual.

Category: Get Ordained Funeral

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Can Our Brains Live on After Death?

But other experiments suggest that consciousness may be possible. Another research team in 2018 grew “mini-brains” by producing cerebral cortex tissue from human stem cells.

Category: Get Ordained Become Ordained

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Exploring Black American Wedding Traditions

While the phrase “tying the knot” is commonly used as a synonym for “getting married,” there’s an actual wedding custom of tying knots that originates in Africa.

Category: Universal Life Church Ceremonies

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