[kisstheson]

This bothers me as well, dear sister Suanne. There is a time and a place for "high-peak" speaking, but there is also a time and a place to be quiet and express some normal, compassionate, humanity.

Why couldn't this brother simply trust the Spirit to anoint the speaking of the seven others? Why did he have to act so disrespectfully by forcing his speaking upon the grieving ones? Why didn't one of the older elders from the LSM side ask this brother to sit down? This new elder should have remained quiet during the funeral, as per the family's own wishes, and simply shared his condolences one-on-one with the grieving ones at the appropriate time before or after the funeral. This surely would have been a much better expression of Christ.