Well, cemeteries are unique places, their somber, normally very quiet, acres, quarantine

from the bustle of a city.

For many, these are awkwardly uncomfortable places, but others are drawn to make regular

pilgrimages to cemeteries, and for those who do visit cemeteries, it raises the question

over what we're seeking to accomplish in a grave visit.

The question is from Dave.

Dear Pastor John, thank you for this podcast.

He writes, I appreciate your thoughtful answers to hard questions.

I'm wondering what Christians should do and feel and think at a cemetery.

I see some Christians decorating their loved ones' graves with flowers, some visit often

even weekly, some remember fondly, some weep every time they visit over a period of many

years.

Is there a bad theology behind some of these practices?

At what point do we become overly modland?

When does it become ancestor worship?

When does it become a wasting of time?

The Bible observes extended periods of mourning at death, also some graves were clearly

marked and remembered for generations, and Solomon said that it is better to go to the

house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting.

What should Christians accomplish and take away from cemetery visits?

There are moments in life that signify in an unusual way a division between the past

and the future.

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