In the next day or so, I will have to arrange a funeral. Because my father did not have any involvement with "organised religion", the readings chosen will be of favourite and appropriate poetry. However, many years ago, I remember him saying after the funeral of a relative who had been a joiner, that he had liked one of the texts from the Christian Bible, and I'm hoping that someone could suggest what it might have been; all I remember him saying was that he liked how it was about a man who worked with his hands, a manual worker. I'm guessing it would have come from the four Gospels, most likely those by Matthew, Mark or Luke, but at present cannot get the time to read through these. I should be most grateful for any suggestions.

Should anyone among the Mudcat community think this request offers an interesting topic for discussion in its own right - and I can see that it does - I'll only ask that they compose a slightly different Thread Title, and begin a separate discussion there.

Robert.