Every profession has its particular joys and particular trials. That's certainly true, for us clergy, of funeral or memorial service eulogies.
They can delight and enlighten, revealing marvellous un-looked-for truths about the deceased, her life, work and influence – or they can gravely embarrass, dwelling on everything you'd rather not know about the departed.
Or they can be, at great length, excruciatingly boring. We clergy have a way of dealing with this – you don't get to be a CofE vicar without learning
