With more than 42 years of pastoral experience, 1600 plus sermons, and almost 14,000 illustrations on file the author brings together resources to help the preacher in the preparation and delivery of funeral sermons. This is the first book in a series of books of such resources all under the series title of Preaching Resources. Every preacher must develop their own research and preaching methods. Nothing can relieve the preacher of the responsibility of searching the written word of God and wrestling with the texts and how to make them relevant. But for the busy, perhaps bi-vocational, pastor these are resources to make the task more do-able.