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Guest Post

Why I agreed to officiate my grandmother's funeral after all

Even though I preached at my father’s funeral, I remembered how meaningful it was for me to sit in the front row between my brother and mother, to sing and pray with them. I wanted to do that again. The next day I changed my mind.
by L. Roger Owens
April 30, 2015

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In Review: 

A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler's 20th novel is, like her previous 19, about a mildly dysfunctional Baltimore family of loyal yet infuriating people who love one another, but not always helpfully.
reviewed by LaVonne Neff April 21, 2015

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