“He said he would like to see a reference to “God as we understand God” mentioned in the ritual but without endorsing any specific tradition.”
And I’d like to see it stay intact exactly as is. If the family doesn’t like it, they can request that it not be recited. Leave the other 99.9 percent of the families alone and stick to tradition.
I find this puzzling as we buried my father (aka ‘the Chief’) at Riverside this past July and there was no flag-folding ceremony of the type mentioned here.
Post number 22 was great!