Members of the Christian Church often view death and dying as the surrounding culture does, especially when it comes to funerals. Here is what Harry Reeder III says to about that, in the context of preaching at funerals:
Most of your listeners believer their loved one or friend has just gone from ‘the land of the living’ to the ‘land of the dying.’ You must proclaim to them that the exact opposite is actually true. They have not left the ‘land of the living’ to go to the ‘land of the dying’; they have left the ‘land of the dying’ to go to ‘the land of the living.’