Going Home
Did we do wrong by choosing cremation? Open the Bible and read it plainly with me.
Somebody you love has died, or you know that day is coming, and a question will not leave you alone. Will God raise the ones who were cremated? What do I do with the urn? Why do we do all the things we do at a homegoing? I have sat in a lot of living rooms on the worst week of a family's life. This book opens the Bible on the table, reads it slowly, and helps you make a plan your family can hold in their hands.
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The Book
One book. Nine chapters. The hard questions finally get their turn.
It reads every Bible passage on burial and fire, the resurrection promise, and what the first Christians did, and it tells you fairly where churches disagree. Then it walks through the homegoing and helps you plan your own. It is not legal, financial or medical advice, and it does not speak for your church. Your pastor does.
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The complete Bible guide to burial, cremation and the homegoing, for Christian families.
The men of Jabesh who burned and buried King Saul, and why David called it kindness. Paul's seed in 1 Corinthians 15 and what the resurrection rests on. Keep, scatter or bury the ashes, side by side. The wake, the program, the hymns, the repast, and seven funeral customs the Bible never asked for.
What you get for $47$77:
- Going Home — 91-page ebook, 9 chapters in four parts, large print, King James verses$77
- My Homegoing Wishes — My Homegoing Wishes: a printable planning sheet for burial or cremation, the viewing, the songs, the Scriptures, who speaks, the pallbearers and the repast. (13 pages)
$19FREE - Seven Mornings of Hope — The morning after the homegoing, you wake up and for one second you forget.
Seven five-minute morning readings, one verse, a short prayer and one line to write, for the first week the house goes quiet. (12 pages)
$19FREE - Evening Prayers for the House of Mourning — The empty side of the bed. The nine o'clock phone call that doesn't come anymore.
Seven short bedtime prayers, each with a psalm and one thing to let go of before the light goes out. (12 pages)
$19FREE - Large print included — bigger type, same bookFREE
- Lifetime updates — every future edition, no extra chargeFREE
- Total value$134$96
- You pay today$47$77
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You also get My Homegoing Wishes, Seven Mornings of Hope and Evening Prayers for the House of Mourning — free $57.
Your copy comes with My Homegoing Wishes, plus two keepers inside the book: large-print verses for the funeral program and the headstone, and a plain checklist of the papers to gather. Fill them in, and nobody has to guess what you wanted.
The Worth Of It
What this book gives you. And what it lifts off your shoulders.
A cousin whispers at the repast, and a family that chose with love starts to wonder if they did wrong. I will not shame you for any choice you have already made. Here is the weight I have seen families carry, and what the Word puts in its place.
Without it The weight
- Guilt over a cremation already doneGuilt
- Fear she will not be raisedFear
- An urn in the closet for yearsStuck
- A price list bigger than the bank accountPressure
- Planning a homegoing without knowing whyUnsure
- Children arguing in the funeral home parking lotConflict
what the funeral never answered
With it For good
- Every burial and fire passage, read plainlyClear
- The resurrection promise for the crematedHope
- Keep, scatter or bury, weighed side by sideDecided
- What the Bible never asked you to buyFree
- Each part of the homegoing, and what it meansUnderstood
- A plan your family can hold in their handsAt peace
Every line has a chapter in the book
Worth far more than $47, because the guilt you carry over a choice made in love was never yours to carry.
What's Inside
Nine chapters, from the first verse on dust to the last line of your plan.
Every chapter follows the same plain pattern: a family's question, what the Bible says, what the church has done, what Scripture does not say, and This week, one to three small things you can do on a hard week. Read it in any order. If the ashes are on your heart tonight, start at Chapter 6.
The 9 chapters, in four parts
What the Bible Says, The Homegoing and the Customs Around It, The Ashes and the Last Goodbye, and Making Your Own Plan.
What the Bible Says
- Ch. 1Burial or Cremation: Every Bible Verse on It, Read Plainlyp. 12
- Ch. 2Will God Raise the Cremated? The Resurrection Promise for Your Familyp. 22
- Ch. 3What the First Christians Did with Their Dead, and Whyp. 30
The Homegoing and the Customs Around It
- Ch. 4The Homegoing Service: The Wake, the Program, the Hymns, the Procession, the Repast, and What Each Meansp. 38
- Ch. 5Seven Things Christian Families Do at Funerals the Bible Never Asked For (and Three It Did)p. 48
The Ashes and the Last Goodbye
- Ch. 6The Ashes Question: Keep, Scatter or Bury: What Scripture Says About Eachp. 57
- Ch. 7Saying Goodbye at the Casket: Touching, Weeping, Viewing: What the Bible Showsp. 64
Making Your Own Plan
- Ch. 8Planning Your Own Christian Funeral: Hymns, Verses, Who Speaksp. 72
Appendix
- Ch. 9Large-Print Verses for the Funeral Program and the Headstonep. 82
- —Sourcesp. 89
- —A Closing Wordp. 91
Chapter 9 is Large-Print Verses for the Funeral Program and the Headstone, followed by the sources used and your rights under the FTC Funeral Rule.
A Taste Of It
The kind of page you'll find in this book.
These are real passages from the book, copied word for word. They are not reviews.
From the book · DustGod did not say unto a casket. He did not say unto a vault. He said unto dust. That is where every one of us is headed. The ground takes a body there slowly. Fire takes it there fast. The word at the end is the same.
From the book · The seedEvery gardener knows this. You plant a seed, and the seed is gone. You never dig up the seed. What comes up is a stalk of wheat or a bean plant, something that looks nothing like the seed you put down. And look at the verb. God giveth it a body. God is the one doing the giving. Not the ground. Not the funeral home. Not the casket. Not the fire. God.
From the book · The church mothersWhen my own mother went home, there were four church mothers in white sitting on the pew behind me. I did not know they were there for most of the service. I only knew that, every time I started to bend, a hand landed on my shoulder. That is what the white is for.
Passages from the book itself, not reader reviews. General information from Scripture and public sources, not legal, medical or financial advice. Ask your own pastor about your church's teaching.
What Readers Say
In their own words.
From our readersReaders are just getting their copies. Read it, then tell us what helped — your words may appear here.
We only ever show real reviews from real readers, never made-up ones.
V. About the Author
Pastor Elijah Hayes.
I am a Baptist pastor character, sixty-six years old, and I have spent a good many years at the altar and at gravesides. I have eaten more chicken and greens in more fellowship halls after more homegoings than I could tell you.
My wife Bernice is the one who taught me to stop talking and listen at a bedside. My mother's old Bible sits on my desk, with her notes in the margins in small, neat blue ink. She taught me to read slowly. That is what this book does: the King James verses, with book, chapter and verse beside every one, and an honest line wherever the Bible is quiet.
I should be plain with you. Pastor Elijah is an AI-presented character, and this book was researched from Scripture and public sources. I am not your pastor, and I do not speak for your church. If your church has a teaching on burial or ashes, ask your own pastor or priest, and follow your church in peace.
Where God did not write a sin, I will not write one for Him.
Pastor Elijah Hayes is a pen name, and the presenter in the videos is an AI-generated character. The books are researched and checked against official sources.
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Large-print ebook · 91 pages · Instant download
The complete Bible guide to burial, cremation and the homegoing, for Christian families.
The men of Jabesh who burned and buried King Saul, and why David called it kindness. Paul's seed in 1 Corinthians 15 and what the resurrection rests on. Keep, scatter or bury the ashes, side by side. The wake, the program, the hymns, the repast, and seven funeral customs the Bible never asked for.
What you get for $47$77:
- Going Home — 91-page ebook, 9 chapters in four parts, large print, King James verses$77
- My Homegoing Wishes — My Homegoing Wishes: a printable planning sheet for burial or cremation, the viewing, the songs, the Scriptures, who speaks, the pallbearers and the repast. (13 pages)
$19FREE - Seven Mornings of Hope — The morning after the homegoing, you wake up and for one second you forget.
Seven five-minute morning readings, one verse, a short prayer and one line to write, for the first week the house goes quiet. (12 pages)
$19FREE - Evening Prayers for the House of Mourning — The empty side of the bed. The nine o'clock phone call that doesn't come anymore.
Seven short bedtime prayers, each with a psalm and one thing to let go of before the light goes out. (12 pages)
$19FREE - Large print included — bigger type, same bookFREE
- Lifetime updates — every future edition, no extra chargeFREE
- Total value$134$96
- You pay today$47$77
Your free companions are reserved — leaving this page in 15:00
+FREE+FREE+FREEIncluded today — no extra cost
You also get My Homegoing Wishes, Seven Mornings of Hope and Evening Prayers for the House of Mourning — free $57.
Your copy comes with My Homegoing Wishes, plus two keepers inside the book: large-print verses for the funeral program and the headstone, and a plain checklist of the papers to gather. Fill them in, and nobody has to guess what you wanted.
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FAQ
Questions folks ask before they click.
How do I get the book?
Right after checkout you get a link to download the PDF. Read it on a phone, tablet or computer, or print the verse pages and the planning sheet for your family.
Is it really large print?
Yes. The whole book is set in large type, and Chapter 9 prints the funeral verses one to a line so you can read them aloud or copy them onto a program.
Who is this book for?
Christian families deciding between burial and cremation, anyone carrying guilt over a choice already made, anyone with an urn at home, and anyone planning a homegoing, their own or a loved one's.
Is Pastor Elijah Hayes a real person?
No. Pastor Elijah is an AI-presented character, not the pastor of any real church. The book was researched from public sources: the King James Bible, early church writings, church documents, histories of African American funeral traditions and US consumer rules. His small family stories are part of the character and are never the proof of a point. The proof is always the verse.
Does it say cremation is a sin?
The book reads every passage plainly and shows that the Bible gives burial as a pattern, not a commandment. It also lays out fairly why many Christians prefer burial, and what Catholic and Orthodox churches ask. If your church has a teaching, ask your own pastor or priest.
Is this legal, financial or medical advice?
No. It is general information from Scripture and public sources. Funeral, cemetery and scattering rules differ from state to state. For wills, pre-paid plans and estates, talk to a lawyer.
Why $47 now and $77 later?
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What if it is not right for me?
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