123 Book Meme

Jake tagged me on this book meme, so here I go:

(1) Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating! (2) Turn to page 123. (3) Find the first 5 sentences. (4) Post the next 3 sentences. (5) Tag 5 people.

“Get up,” he says.

The other use of funerals is to remind us of those two words. When the last hymn has been sung, the benediction given, and the immediate family escorted out a side door, they may be the best we have to make it possible to get up ourselves.

This comes from Frederick Beuchner’s “Beyond Words” and is the last three sentences in his definition of the word “Funeral.”

Since I’m instructed to tag five people, I tag the following folks: Dave, Mark, Leslie, David, & Adam