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DEAR DAD
I'm driving on my way home, listening to a collection of our favorite Stan Kenton jazz tunes that you and I recorded on tape together one afternoon. Hearing them still gives me a lump in my throat. I wonder whether I'll ever see you again. I have really missed you since you passed away four years ago.
I need some comfort, and I'm asking God for help. And the answer that is coming is this: "How much love do you feel when you see a loved one for the first time in a year? How about if you multiply that love by 40 years? 50? That is only an infinitesimal amount of the love that God feels for His children." How much joy this thought brings me. Just trying to feel a century's worth of love makes my heart feel light. Trying to imagine how much God loves you, Dad, is a huge comfort to me.
And even though you are there and I am here, we are both taking our individual daily steps toward getting to know God better. I like it that we are still able to do something together. Feeling closer to God. Feeling God's love for each of us.
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July 2, 2001 issue
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Life with no boundaries
Bill Dawley
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Wendy Mades, Suzanne Connolly, Ron Walker, Walt Stockman
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items of interest
with contributions from Lynn Rosellini, Frank York, John J. Thompson
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Death did not end my life
By Howard Johnson
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GRIEF: BLOCKED OR DISSOLVED?
J. Thomas Black
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Real life is never lost
By Nate Talbot
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DON'T GO THERE
Kay Olson
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Rock of Ages-new help from an old hymn
By Gay Bryant
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DEAR DAD
Jewel
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A WAY TO HELP
Joy Booth
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FOUND: A LIFE WORTH LIVING
Donald Shipman
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WE ARE THE SONG
Lisa Troseth
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Applesauce prayer
By Gwendolyn Joy Forest
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The big bad boss
By Karla Vallance
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A new way of living found
Pamela D. McKean
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The power of the Bible
Alma Chico Green
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Prayer in the face of accidents
Ana Maria Duret
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Divine Love restores the body
Rob Gilbert