Brian Waters The Spirit of Thanksgiving for Those Who Undertake Wehope that the Thanksgiving holiday will allow you are your family time to be together for a bit of rest and time to focus on what keeps us going. Undertaking in a post-pandemic America leaves many o... Education Embalming Funeral Director Gratitude Relevancy Nov 28, 2023
Brian Waters Why are We Thankful for Funeral Directors? (According to ChatGPT) I asked ChatGPT why we should be thankful for funeral directors. What do you think of the answer? People often express gratitude for funeral directors for several reasons: Compassion and Support: Fune... Education Funeral Director Gratitude Nov 24, 2023
Benjamin Schmidt Stay Positive Together! As a licensed funeral director and embalmer, and mortuary school professor I am proud to be a member of a community that collectively arranges for and executes with professionalism the creation of mea... Education Embalming Funeral Director Oct 30, 2023
Larry Stuart, Jr. Things Funeral Homes Should Always Consider Regarding Using a 3rd Party Cremation Partner Funeral directors know, when someone dies, things can happen quickly and all of a sudden there are a lot of plates spinning in the air all at once. Almost all of the plates stay spinning by the funera... Cremation Education Crematory Operations Funeral Director Liability Sep 25, 2023
Benjamin Schmidt Incorrupt or Not? Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster Lived a Saintly Life Was the fact that Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster's remains were not decomposed when she was exhumed to move her to a new shine mean she lived closer to Christ as the Catholic Church claims? Or is there m... Embalming Funeral Director History Religion Jun 27, 2023
Martha Webb-Jones WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGE—PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT When your organization can routinely embrace changes of all types and sizes, and use them as catalysts for process improvement, relationship-building, and personal development, then you (and your empl... Funeral Director Human Resourses Relevancy May 29, 2023
Benjamin Schmidt Embalming's New Front Line The embalmers of Belgium and Germany are truly on the frontlines of embalming. As we lament the death of embalming in the US, perhaps we need to observe its growth across the ocean and think about how... Education Embalming Funeral Director Relevancy Apr 28, 2023
Benjamin Schmidt BERNOULLI AND THE PREP ROOM There’s always a lot of discussion amongst embalmers about the chemicals they use, the cosmetics they like, and the techniques they deploy in restoration. When we think of embalming, we can easily cal... Education Embalming Funeral Director Feb 23, 2023
Ryan Ballard "Funeral Service Doesn't Wait" This phrase is the look on my kid's face when I tell them I have to leave to go to work at odd hours. It’s a phrase that explains a lot but yet is so simple. Boy life is different; the paths and journ... Funeral Director Wellness Dec 22, 2022
Benjamin Schmidt Funeral Directors and Halloween-to Celebrate or Not to Celebrate? The general public assume that we relish the opportunity to open our gory side any chance we get, but many members of our own community are abhorred with the idea of handing out a single candy bar at ... Education Funeral Director Marketing Oct 20, 2022
Benjamin Schmidt COVID-19 and Blood Clots—True or Clickbait? Are embalmers really finding clots in deceased people caused by the Covid vaccine? Embalmers are making claims that they are finding clots in people that are caused by the COVID-19 vaccine, but is thi... Education Embalming Funeral Director Infectious Disease Sep 21, 2022
Brian Waters Mirror Mirror on the Wall Funeral Professionals have had a long standing problem with introspection. We are like Dracula...avoiding the mirrors. In my career, I’ve read numerous articles and heard impassioned speeches about th... Education Embalming Funeral Director Marketing Relevancy Jul 17, 2022
