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The Team

Mike is married to Rachel, and along with their children, enjoy exploring the City of Cork and earning the coveted "customer of the month" title at their local coffee shop. Follow Mike on Twitter and Instagram: @mikeneglia.

Nick Cady is the lead pastor of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado. Before moving to Longmont in 2012, Nick spent 10 years in Hungary as a missionary, pastor, and church planter with Calvary Chapel. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire (UK) and a master’s degree in Integrative Theology from the London School of Theology.
Nick is the author of Theology for the People, a blog and podcast discussing the intersection of theology and culture. Additionally, Nick is on the steering committee of the Expositors Collective, an organization that exists to equip and mentor the next generation of Christ-centered preachers. He also developed Cultivate, a program to assess, train, and deploy new church planters and missionaries.

When he is not preaching or teaching, you can find John at a local coffee shop meeting with and encouraging other local ministers; hanging out at home with wife and partner in ministry, Louise, his closest friend for 30 years; or throwing a ball to his dogs.

At 23, he moved to San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast to plant Calvary SLO Church, which has grown into an influential ministry with a strong emphasis on church planting and missions.
Bryan serves on the leadership team of Expositors Collective and, since 2023, has been travelling across the United States investing in and equipping preachers.
He is the father of two daughters, Brianna and Brooke, and enjoys time with his family, photography, coffee shops, and the surf.

The Podcast
In this vintage Expositors Collective interview, Paul talks with Mike Neglia about the work that happens before a funeral sermon is written: being present with the family, listening to their memories, and understanding whom you are preaching to. They discuss the place of a eulogy, how to offer biblical hope without speaking past people’s grief, and what a pastor can say when the deceased’s faith is uncertain. Paul also reflects on particularly painful circumstances, including a death by suicide.
This is a conversation for pastors and preachers who want to serve grieving people with honesty, tenderness, and confidence in the resurrection.
About the guest
Dr Paul Beasley-Murray is a Baptist minister, former principal of Spurgeon’s College in London, and former pastor of churches in Altrincham and Chelmsford, England. He has conducted hundreds of funerals and written extensively on pastoral ministry. His book There Is Hope: Preaching at Funerals draws on that experience to help preachers prepare biblically grounded, compassionate funeral sermons.
Resources
There Is Hope: Preaching at Funerals — Paul Beasley-Murray, published by IVP: https://ivpbooks.com/there-is-hope
A Loved One Dies: Help in the First Few Weeks — Paul Beasley-Murray’s free booklet for grieving families: https://www.paulbeasleymurray.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/A-Loved-One-Dies.pdf
Paul Beasley-Murray’s website: https://www.paulbeasleymurray.com/
“Preaching the Gospel at Funerals” — Brian Croft, 9Marks: https://www.9marks.org/article/preaching-the-gospel-at-funerals/
“On Funerals” — Preachers Talk, episode 56: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IDYkfjCE7XWyvAaRvEU9m


