‘Imagine’ there’s no reason to have a funeral

Do you think Garth Brooks did a double take? Did the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, presiding bishop, or the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral, have reservations?

Or was John Lennon’s “Imagine” chosen for former President Jimmy Carter‘s state funeral without the bat of an eye?

Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood pay respects to Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at US Capitol Rotunda … They sang John Lennon “Imagine” at Rosalynn Carter funeral and will do the same for Jimmy Carter funeral today at the National Cathedral … pic.twitter.com/sizo2jLutv

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) January 9, 2025

Different people of different faiths and different spiritualities will have different ways of praying for and honoring the dead. I’m not in the

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